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Audio bliss Sound engineer John Paul Peters helps bands from Winnipeg and beyond get it right arts & culture  page 12

Only 19 per cent of Canadians live in rural areas Is country living a thing of the past? news  page 4 November 20, 2008 The Uniter contact: [email protected] 02 NNeewsws

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tt Sports & fitness editor e Jo Villaverde Listings co-ordinator Curran Faris [email protected] ative centre. swarming them in protest on the over-usage » Panel discusses the “I think that because Winnipeg is such a of cars. Beat reporter Dan Huyghebaert [email protected] progressive place, it could be a leader in de- Rowe focused on a Winnipeg critical mass » benefits of having a fining an equitable city from a creative city,” rally in 2006 where police officers arrested Beat reporter Joe Kornelsen [email protected] Zorde said. several bicyclers. » creativity-driven city, Attendee Nora Velazquez agrees. Rowe considers this the “criminalization Beat reporter Sandy Klowak » [email protected] cite Winnipeg as model “It’s a city that welcomes lots of ideas and of dissent.” is tolerant,” she said. “It’s not about the size, Taking the focus off of cities designed Beat reporter Andrew McMonagle [email protected] but the mentality.” around automobiles is only one part of be- » Andrew McMonagle Making a city equitable means putting coming an equitable city. Beat reporter creative people in charge of city planning. “We spend so much time in our cars we CONTRIBUTORS: Craig Heinrich, James Culleton, “It’s more about artists having a role in the don’t have time to be creative,” panelist Hazel \Kiara May, Renee Lilley, Robert Huynh, Cindy Titus, planning of cities, integrating art to everyday Borys, managing principal of Placemakers, a Michael Hancharyk, Wendy Gillis, Andrew Tod, Alex Garcia, ust in time for World Town Planning life,” said panelist Tricia Wasney, manager of town planning firm, said during panel. Jeff Kovalik-Plouffe, J. Williamez, Courtney Schwegel, Day on Nov. 8, a panel discussion ar- public art with the Winnipeg Arts Council. Katie Dangerfield, Kait Evinger, Ian McAmmond, gued that equitable, or fully creative The equitable cities panel, Creative Cities J Milena Placentile, curator of the Marina Koslock, Jonathan Dyck, John Cunningham, cities, are those cities planned around an ar- from the Grassroots Up, took place at Gallery Kenton Smith, Chris Friesen, Adam Johnston, University of Winnipeg’s Gallery 1C03 and tistic vision. 1C03 on Nov. 13. Brad Pennington, Michael Collins, Sagan Morrow, the event’s organizer, places a large emphasis The approach to equitable cities is based Dave Hollier, Tom Asselin, Josh Boulding, Kevin Chaves, on the importance of artists. Scott Christiansen, Trevor Hagan, Clayton Winter on Richard Florida’s model of creative cities, “Artists look at a city in a different way,” but it aims much further. “Artists look at a city she said. “They look at it in an experimental The Uniter is the official student newspaper of the University of “Under creative city theory, the only art Winnipeg and is published by Mouseland Press Inc. Mouseland aspect.” in a different way, Press Inc. is a membership based organization in which students that’s involved is commodified, art that has Panelist Roewan Crowe, an artist and fac- and community members are invited to participate. For more to be used for profit,” said panelist Izida they look at it in an information on how to become a member go to www.uniter.ca, or ulty member at the Institute for Women’s Zorde, editor of Fuse Magazine. call the office at 786-9790. 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The Uniter will not print submissions that are ready a creative city, with areas like the homophobic, misogynistic, racist, or libellous. We also reserve the Critical mass is an international move- right to edit for length and/or style. Exchange District acting as the vibrant, cre- ment where bicyclists reclaim city streets by CONTACT US » General Inquiries: 204.786.9790 Advertising: 204.786.9790 Editors: 204.786.9497 Fax: 204.783.7080 E-mail: [email protected] by Craig Heinrich Web: www.uniter.ca Q: Do you think artists/creative people LOCATION » should be involved in city planning? Why? Room ORM14 University of Winnipeg 515 Portage Avenue Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 2E9 Kent Heinrich, Blake Unruh, Caitlin Fryers, self-employed first year third year “Yes, maybe that way the “Yes, because I think they “I definitely think Winnipeg downtown would be more tend to think outside of the needs to move in that direction. 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Tomomi Harada, Sharon Cook, Rutha Gebremussie, Cover Image physiotherapist unemployed second year “I’ve been here just three “I’m not really interested. “Yeah, it’ll make the city “Untitled” weeks, and I like it the way it I think they put too much more beautiful. Some of the is. The city is very nice.” money towards things they art around the city is kind of by Jackie Traverse don’t need. They should strange.” dedicate more money to the from Art From The Heart, showing people.” Nov 21 and 22 at 430 Langside St. See article on page 10. Photo by Mark Reimer Ne w s As s i g n m e n t Ed i t o r : To b an Dy c k contact: [email protected] The Uniter November 20, 2008 E-m a i l : Ne w s @u n i t e r .c a Ph o n e : 786-9497 News 3 Fa x : 783-7080 Downtown parking in a jam

location. convenient parking,” he added, mar Manitoba Hydro Roughly half of the 1,800 to explaining people always try to reimer k 2,000 downtown employees have find the closest spot and end up proposes variety committed to public transit use, complaining. Schneider said. Hill nonetheless claims of solutions Curt Hull of Winnipeg’s Winnipeg offers sufficient parking to parking Climate Change Connection (C3) space per capita and lower priced is concerned with a public transit parking than other Canadian “You can’t force problems at new overload downtown, if the system cities. soon has to take on the estimated Some feel Hydro’s newly sub- everybody to take downtown office 1,000 Hydro employees commit- sidized parking, a financial en- public transit.” ted to taking the bus. couragement to drive to work, Without accommodations, this contradicts its mandate to protect –Glenn Schneider, may be more than the system can the environment. Manitoba Hydro Sandy Klowak handle. Schneider disagrees. Beat reporter “Transit has been working with “I don’t think there’s a conflict Hydro over the past two years on al- there. We tried to take a balanced o offset higher transporta- ternative transit options for Hydro approach to this… You can’t force tion costs and an expected employees,” Ken Allen, City of everybody to take public transit.” influx of downtown com- Winnipeg spokesperson, said. Hull feels that the Hydro build- Tmuters, Manitoba Hydro will offer To accommodate the influx of ing’s transportation plans are gen- employees at their new downtown new transit riders heading down- erally green enough. headquarters a $55 monthly park- town, Winnipeg Transit opened “I wonder if this is a means to ing subsidy and other transporta- a Park & Ride from the cor- wean people off of their cars and tion perks. ner of Taylor Avenue and Wilton soften the adjustment,” he said of The money is part of union ne- Street to downtown on Nov. 17. the parking subsidy. gotiations to lessen the blow for The new route, 39 express service, Hull feels the city needs a new staff moving from Hydro’s Taylor will operate during peak hours on strategy for downtown that does Avenue office, where parking is weekdays. not include more surface parking less than $10 a month, to their new Furthermore, Hydro’s move is lots. Portage Avenue location, where expected to increase parking de- The priority should be “mak- monthly parking exceeds $100. mand downtown, causing prices ing the downtown more people “We realized that was a big to go up. friendly—more green space, more sting,” Hydro’s public affairs man- “The question is always, ‘is bike space, more walk-able space,” ager Glenn Schneider said. there enough?’ Well yeah… there’s he said. enough, but the prices go up and Hydro will also be offering half- Manitoba Hydro is currently mov- down,” said David Hill, chief op- priced transit passes to its employ- ing its services into the new location. The soon-to-open Manitoba Hydro building on Portage Avenue is expected to bring an erating officer at the Winnipeg ees, Park & Ride transit service, a The full project will be completed by influx of almost 2,000 workers downtown, potentially putting a strain on the transit Parking Authority. carpool listing for employees and the end of this year. and parking systems. bike racks and showers at its new “There’s always a shortage of Flowers amid a concrete jungle mar

Use of community reimer k The planning side of things garden for low- “It is a place in the community, Located on a commercial use zone, income housing a place where the 198 Sherbrook Street can freely be used as a garden. However, main- project debated community can taining the site costs $1,998 in com- meet… it’s not mercial tax a year; in comparison, Ksenia Prints publicly rented garden plots from News production editor just another lot the city cost $25 a year. with infill houses.” Community gardens also lack des- ignated funding. he fate of a 17-year-old garden is -Karen Jones, causing a rift in one of Winnipeg’s activist and gardener The city’s newly formed community tightest communities. gardens program is in charge of TFor Jen Altemeyer, the community gar- public gardens and has no budget den at 198 Sherbrook Street provides a link to provide to private owners, only to stability. Altemeyer spent most of her adult life without a fixed address, searching consultations. for a place to put down some roots and start “Being as it is privately owned, we gardening. Karen Jones has many winter plans for the Sherbrook St. Community Garden, including a frozen flower can only make recommendations,” She finally found a permanent garden- exhibition and winter gardening. said Karl Thordarson, technical ing site in the Sherbrook St. Community assistant with Public Works at the Garden in the fall of 2001, and has been City of Winnipeg. there since. To the lot’s gardeners, this is a waste. accept the recommendations,” she said. “The garden gives an opportunity for peo- “It is a place in the community, a place “Our vision is the community vision as put The province also has no fund- ple who would otherwise lack it,” she said. where the community can meet… it’s not forth by the design charrette (community ing specifically for community But the fate of Sherbrook Garden is just another lot with infill houses,” said consultations).” gardens. now up in the air. On Mar. 28 and 29, the Karen Jones, an avid gardener and a 198 It has always been intended for commu- “We haven’t funded large commu- West Broadway Development Corporation Sherbrook Street activist. nity use. The WBDC purchased the garden (WBDC) held community consultations nity gardens,” said Richard Dilay, “We think that they see that garden is plot in 2001, with the help of a $30,500 grant manager for Neighbourhoods where various groups designed their own money in their bank… They keep calling it from the provincial government. views of 198 Sherbrook Street. vacant; it’s not vacant.” “The intent was to use that plot some- Alive!, the provincial community “There’re a lot of needs in this commu- According to Jones, the Sherbrook time for another project, like housing,” said funding program. nity, and we wanted to give them the oppor- Garden’s value is not just in years of labour, Richard Dilay, manager for Neighbourhoods tunity to be heard,” said Molly McCracken, but also in its quality soil and great amount Alive!, the provincial community funding executive director of WBDC. of sunlight. program. Most groups went for a mixed-use plot, “The community really chose the “It was never put out to us that it was going about gardening,” she said. where a garden would occupy at least half of Sherbrook Garden,” she said. to be a community garden indefinitely.” “But there’s a lot more life in the commu- the current territory of 1,004 square foot. While community members continue For Altemeyer, this is no consolation. nity than just people; when we consciously The second half will be split between fighting for the garden, the WBDC has al- “I recognize the importance of developing recognize those other life forms, we give a housing unit and various community ready decided its future. more programming that meets the need of people the opportunity to recognize they’re services. “The decision has already been made to other participants, not everyone gets excited a part of larger things.” November 20, 2008 The Uniter contact: [email protected] 04 News

International News Briefs Compiled by Kiara May Congolese refugees relocated GOMA, Congo – Tens of thousands of refugees in a camp in eastern Congo will soon be moved from increasingly dangerous rebel attacks on their current location. The refugees in Kirbati are living in fear of attacks between rebels and the army, and Going into town plans are to move them to Mugunga.

Despite the United Nations having the j ames ames strongest peacekeeping forces in the world c in the Congo, they remain unable to protect There is also a stark difference in growth ulle t the people in the camp, reported the Globe Decreasing patterns between rural areas that are strongly on and Mail. linked to cities, by proximity and services, Even if UN troop reinforcements are opportunities are and those that are not. provided, it may still take two months to move pushing rural folk Strongly linked communities in Canada all the refugees. actually grew by nearly five per cent, while Where have all into cities other areas saw a decline of 1.4 percent. the rurals gone? Votes for Chavez threatened Nola Warnika said she has certainly no- by crime rates ticed the advantage of being close to a city.  Six million people live in rural areas CARACAS, Venezuela - Hugo Chavez, Warnika is the economic development offi- in Canada President of Venezuela for nearly a decade, Joe Kornelsen  For 27 years Canada’s rural popula- Beat reporter cer for the town of Souris and she believes is worried of losing votes in the upcoming that a lot of people are attracted to Souris tion has been roughly unchanged Venezuelan election. because it is so close to Brandon.  Rural areas since 2001 have grown Though expected to hold onto most seats, recent report confirmed what we’ve “They still work there but they want that by one per cent Chavez fears that the crime rates will lose his slower pace,” she said  Urban centres since 2001 have candidates votes in key states and cities in the suspected all along: Canada’s urban Despite the advantage, she admitted grown by 6.4 per cent country in the Nov. 23 election. population is growing at the ex- Apense of rural communities. that without the same incentives as the city  In 1921 Canada’s rural population be- According to Reuters, Venezuela has one of came a minority the world’s highest murder and crime rates, Between 2001 and 2006 the population it is getting “harder and harder to attract of Canadian cities grew by over six per cent, people.”  In 2008 the world’s rural population with around 45 murders per 100,000 people became a minority in 2006. while our rural areas increased by less than But it is not necessarily all doom and In slums such as Petare, one of Chavez’s one per cent, according to a recently released gloom for Canada’s towns. Warnika had lived Source: Statistics Canada worrisome districts, these numbers are even Statistics Canada report. in the city, but after deciding she wanted higher. Canada’s rural population now makes up that neighbourhood feeling she moved back to the country. only 19 per cent of the country. “It’s just easier to Argentina opens world’s Brittany Shuwera is a student at the Shuwera, too, is not completely sold on first Barbie store University of Winnipeg. She grew up in the idea of living in the city forever. She fig- live in the city than BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Forty-nine years southeastern Manitoba in a rural commu- ures that she may move back to the country after the first debut of Barbie dolls, Buenos nity called Caliento, and is not surprised yet. in the country.” Aires has launched the world’s very first that people are more attracted to the city. “There is fresh air, no cars, no lights and –Brittany Shuwera, Barbie store. While being nostalgic for the country, the open space,” she said. University of Winnipeg The store’s 650-square meters include Shuwera said the advantage of having all the everything Barbie, from dolls to real-life amenities nearby made Winnipeg an attrac- accessories and clothing, as well as a Barbie- tive place to live. themed beauty salon and cafe. “It’s just easier to live in the city than in Buenos Aires is the first of many cities to the country,” she said. launch Barbie-themed stores next year on While Brock Fisher agrees the city has Barbie’s 50th anniversary, reported the U.K. more opportunities, he decided to move Telegraph. back out to his hometown of Wawanesa, lo- Barbie is well known to have huge popularity cated 50 kilometers southeast of Brandon, in Argentina; it is also home to ‘Barbie Live,’ a after finishing school. hit Broadway-style musical. “It’s kind of that closeness of the com- munity in Wawanesa: everyone knows each Israeli candidate channels other, it’s really friendly and you have that Obama online JERUSALEM - It seems Barack Obama is spot in town,” he said. inspiring all over the world these days, for Fisher said that despite his affinity towards even conservative Likud candidate Benjamin his town he recognizes many choose to get Netanyahu is learning from his techniques. out. He said about 90 per cent of his friends The New York Times reported that Benjamin from high school have left to Brandon or Netanyahu, running to be Israel’s prime Winnipeg. minister, has fully copied Barack Obama’s web design in his own Hebrew website. A Russian-language version features images of President Obama with the candidate. Netanyahu’s use of Obama’s design and images is also well fitting with his similar message of change throughout the country. A closer look at the campaign reveals that the technique of change is really all Obama and Netanyahu have in common, as their platforms are largely different.

No end in sight for Putin MOSCOW - Apparently four-year terms aren’t long enough these days in Russia, as Putin got another two years in office with a presidential term extension. President Dmitri A. Medvedev proposed to extend the prime ministerial term from four to six years on Nov. 14, reported the New York Times. This would be the first amendment toR ussia’s constitution since its adoption in 1993. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin himself, unsurprisingly, supported the bill. This feat did not go through without a fight, with strong opposition by the Communist Party. The bill eventually passed with a vote of 388 to 58; 57 of the opposed were Communist Party members. Ne w s As s i g n m e n t Ed i t o r : To b an Dy c k contact: [email protected] The Uniter November 20, 2008 E-m a i l : Ne w s @u n i t e r .c a Ph o n e : 786-9497 Fa x : 783-7080 News 05 Finding a safe visiting place not easy Local ing, which has more than triple the mar reimer k New space space of their last one. News Briefs But the grants are only guar- Compiled by Craig Heinrich for supervised anteed for one year. After that, WCAA may have to look for more child visitations funding. has uncertain The federal government is ab- Councillor disapproves of sent from funding these family vis- new transit funding formula itations. Ron Bewski from Family The passing of a recent public transit financial funding proposal has left at least one Mediation Manitoba Inc. looks to city councillor in a state of confusion future, doesn’t Australia as an example of how the and opposition. federal government funds contact According to the Winnipeg Free Press, Bill Clement, a long-serving member cover need centres, the safe places for families of city council, said the city has just to meet. made an unconventional deal with “Australia has been at the fore- the province and federal government Andrew McMonagle front for a while,” he said. “Canada which could end up damaging the city’s Beat reporter long-term credit rating. can look to them for inspiration.” This proposal would involve the city Dawson agrees there should be borrowing money to pay for the transit federal funding, citing the extent system, then having the province help espite receiving large pay for at least half of the project. grants, Winnipeg chil- of the problem. “About 50 per cent of marriages dren are still missing safe Waste treatment facility end in divorce. Those relationships spacesD to spend time with both “About 50 per cent of bridges city, municipalities parents during custody battles. [with the children] aren’t main- Communities north of Winnipeg, including St. Andrews and West St. Paul, The Winnipeg Children’s Access tained,” she said. marriages end in divorce. The grants received allowed the are happy to send their sewage to a Agency (WCAA) at 385 River Those relationships [with the North End Winnipeg plant in order to Avenue is an organization intent WCAA to expand the scope of save themselves from having to build on bringing together children and their services. children] aren’t maintained.” new waste management centers. The prospective deal would save parents involved in custody battles “Initially (the WCAA) were set up for situations of domestic vio- the municipalities money, and would in a safe, neutral environment. provide additional income to the city, lence, but are now ready for lower WCAA recently moved into a On a combined grant of $140,000, Winnipeg Children’s Access Agency’s Mary Dawson reported the Winnipeg Free Press. conflict situations,” said Bewski. Some councillors have raised new building with the help of pro- will now be able to provide a lot more children and their divorced or separated “A lot of cases have conflict but not concerns about the agreement vincial funding. parents with a safe meeting place. increasing urban sprawl; to address Though they now have more physical violence.” this fear, Winnipeg would charge the room, they still can’t meet the need Bewski said in low-conflict sit- be used. municipalities extra to process their What’s all there? waste. in the city. uations, often a family member “Most people have a network of would supervise the visits. The Winnipeg Children’s Access Agency offers Winnipeg Mayor Sam Katz told “We had a six-to-eight month friends and family,” Kristian said. four types of supervised visitation. the Free Press that while the deal is wait list going into the new build- “[But] we don’t have ongoing “[WCAA] is a good program to premature, it could become a source of One-to-One - A visitation monitor person ing which precipitated our move,” secure funding for parents with help people who don’t have that “much needed revenue” for the city. mental health or substance abuse is assigned to a family. They are required said Mary Dawson, executive di- network. If I had known of the ser- to remain with the family at all times. problems… we need more con- Canwest registers rector of WCAA. “We also had a vice I might have used it.” Intermittent - Site staff will check in $1.02 billion loss stant operating funds.” on the family at 15-minute intervals wait list for volunteers but no space Melissa agrees. A Canadian media giant with local and provide support and assistance as Regardless of the uncertain roots has recently admitted to losing for them. We’ll see in a few months “I can’t be face-to-face with my required. how long our wait list is.” funding future, WCAA is currently ex,” she said. “We use the school $1.02 billion on broadcast licenses for open and helping families reunite. Supportive Supervision - Staff takes its television operations. The province gave WCAA a as our pick up/drop off location. I a more active role in the visit based on But many remain unaware of Canwest Global Communications $90,000 grant in early November. never had to use [WCAA], but we individual family needs as determined Corp., which along with television Dawson also reports receiv- their services. Kristian and Melissa know a few friends who would re- during the Parent Orientation. broadcasts also prints papers such as ing $50,000 from the Winnipeg are a common-law couple who ally benefit from them.” Telephone Access - Staff monitor tele- the National Post, also blamed Canada’s phone conversation between the child regulatory frameworks for the loss. Foundation. have each experienced custody bat- tles with previous partners. They For more information on WCAA and parent/ family member. Last year, Canwest reported a $279 These contributions helped million profit. and their services, check out wcaa.ca. Source: The Winnipeg Children’s Access Agency WCAA move into the new build- requested that their last names not CBC reported Canwest president Leonard Asper said people should look past the “noise” created by the company’s total $3.7 billion debt. He claims the loss was spread across four different companies, and the “cash The strength of the red ribbon flows match the debt in each of the c our asks anyone to empathize and to different subsidiaries.” The loss will result in 560 job losses t “It’s important

Community o esy think before drinking. across the country through either

Bernade f to understand “It’s important to understand voluntary buy-outs, attrition, or layoffs. organization the pain and the heartache, and the pain and the remember that you have to be ac- For the love of liquor tt starts annual e A new study shows that binge St heartache, and countable for your actions,” she . Cyr . said. drinking in Manitoba is on the rise. campaign against CBC reported the study, conducted remember that Manitoba Public Insurance by the Addictions Foundation of drunk driving you have to be (MPI) has been partnering with Manitoba, found that while the number the community-based MADD on of teens drinking has decreased, the accountable for a national scale. amount individuals drink has risen Renee Lilley from previous studies. your actions.” “MPI is still a supporter helping Some particularly heavy drinking Volunteer staff MADD battle the issue of drink- high school students were found to go –Bernadette St. Cyr, ing and driving,” said Brian Smiley, past eight drinks at a time. The study is based on a survey of grandmother MPI media relations co-ordinator, others Against Drunk more than 5,000 students across adding the partnership will con- Manitoba. Driving launched their Tannis Lynne Bird, 22, was killed when tinue this year. annual campaign early riding with a drunk driver in 2007; killed in a car accident in the early Manitoba Justice Minister Province Mthis month, just in time to ad- her grandmother, Bernadette St. Cyr, morning hours of a fateful Friday. Dave Chomiak was also present at Manitoba’s hemp farmers are gaining said her story is a testimony for the That morning, Bird was a pas- dress all those holiday season party MADD’s local launch. He noted recognition. importance of MADD’s work. senger in a speeding Dodge Neon A new provincial strategy will provide drivers. that 22 alcohol-related deaths have Representatives and supporters driven by an intoxicated, drug-in- opportunities for hemp farmers, duced driver. Their car collided with already occurred this year in the exporters, researchers and processors of Mothers Against Drunk Driving “Displaying a red ribbon, on in Manitoba. an overcrowded taxi cab, causing a province. (MADD) Winnipeg gathered at your car or on a purse, reminds The new strategy will seek to expand crash on the corner of McPhillips “The annual Red Ribbon the industry on a national level in nine Kildonan Place mall on Nov. 1 for everyone to drive safe and sober. Street and Pacific Avenue. Campaign is more than a way to different areas. the annual Red Ribbon Campaign It is a tribute to those killed in the “In the last 10 years, the Canadian Almost two years later, the honour those who have lost their launch. past,” Murfitt said about the signif- hemp industry has grown from an pain of losing Bird still stings. lives or have been injured at the The group hopes to raise public icance of the ribbon. emerging niche market to a point Even though nothing will bring hands of an impaired driver, it re- where we are now being recognized as awareness about drinking and driv- For some, this statistic and her granddaughter back, St. Cyr inforces our commitment to drive a global leader in hemp production,” ing by providing the campaign’s MADD’s work at raising aware- Mike Fata, chair of the Canadian Hemp believes MADD is extremely sober through the holidays and signature red ribbon stickers to the ness mean more than words can Trade Alliance, said in a provincial press significant. throughout the year,” he wrote in release. public. express. “Let us campaign, pass tougher an e-mail. Beverly Murfitt, administrative On March 30, 2007, Bernadette laws for impaired drivers, anything assistant for MADD Winnipeg, St. Cyr’s heart broke at the news of Those interested in volunteering that will get the message across that said an average of four deaths a day a horrific car crash involving her with MADD Winnipeg can call there has to be a consequence.” in Canada occur due to impaired granddaughter. 204-896-6233, or go to madd.ca. Based on her experience, St. Cyr driving. Tannis Lynne Bird, 22, had been November 20, 2008 The Uniter contact: [email protected] 6 Campus News Campus News University no place for students recruitment. Study finds one in five While her job is attracting students to the university, she knows retention can pose a students drops out problem. “Everyone in this university is in charge of Joe Kornelsen recruitment and retention from the first per- Beat reporter son that greets the student to the professor in the class room,” she said. Dunlop said that after comparing the cost fter putting three years into his uni- of going to school to the educational benefit versity education, Alasdair Dunlop he would receive, he felt it wasn’t worth it. decided to take a break from his edu- Students will often drop out for a number cation.A It turns out he’s not alone. ro b er of reasons, including financial, medical, per- A recent study done between 1999 and sonal, or work-related concerns. t

h 2005 by Statistics Canada found 21 per cent Colin Russell, registrar at the U of W, said uyn of students who attended school between the he has seen little change in the drop-out rates h ages of 18 and 25 dropped out before com- since he started at the university. pleting their studies. He said the university contacts students The numbers Dunlop entered the School of Music at who haven’t completed their program when In Manitoba, 72 per cent of young people the University of Manitoba right after grad- they don’t register in the fall. With students aged 24 to 26 have attended a post-secondary uating from high school in 2004. who have to drop out in the middle of the institution. The first three years were a good experi- semester, the university likes to meet with Drop -out rates by institutions: ence for him while he improved his musi- the student to understand their reasons for  University: 16 per cent of students dropped- cianship, but by the end of the third year he leaving. “It’s a matter out before completing their program felt he wasn’t getting what he wanted out of “For students thinking of withdrawing I  College: 25 per cent of students dropped-out his education. would encourage them to speak to an aca- of me coming to “I considered my goals when I went into before completing their program demic advisor to reduce their load and a decision about the program and realized that much of the maybe continue on, and not lose the time The reasons focus wasn’t where I expected it to be,” and money,” said Russell. my goals in life; Dunlop said. You are more likely to drop out of university if: Dunlop said that while he sees an impor-  You are a guy The University of Winnipeg has recently tance to post-secondary education, he wants I’m going to go started a new campaign to attract students  You are 26 to consider his options before returning. with a purpose.”  You spent less than three hours a week on to the university. The director of student “I would like to, but it’s a matter of me recruitment and institutional relations, –Alasdair Dunlop, homework in high school coming to a decision about my goals in life; Source: Statistics Canada Livia Castellanos, is in charge of student I’m going to go with a purpose,” he said. former student Campus daycare severely short staffed c indy indy t i t us Manitoba’s daycare shortage

Regulated childcare spaces in Manitoba: A focused look:

1992 - 18,977 In Manitoba, 2005/2006: 1995 - 18,846 Total regulated child care spaces 0–12: 25,984 1998 - 20,490 Children 0-12 for whom there 2001 - 23,022 is a regulated child care space: 2004 - 25,634 14.5 per cent “Definitely there is Children 0–5 for whom there 2006 - 25,984 is a regulated child care space: a shortage of early 2007 - 26,375 20 per cent Sources: Early childhood education and childhood educators 0 500 10000 15000 20000 25000 30000 care in Canada 2006 in the province.” Sources: Child care space statistics 2007

unteering at the on-campus center at lunch- working with kids.” Diana Rozos said it will be harder to find employees once the campus daycare moves to its new, larger time once a week. Schettler is an ECE II, meaning she has facility, possibly leading to a reduction in the number of daycare spots. If staff is not recruited, the new facility completed a two-year diploma program. may have to offer fewer spots than originally Now she is back in school working on a psy- Currently the daycare has 20 staff includ- planned. chology degree. UWSA daycare ing part-time workers. They hope to hire at Finding qualified early childhood edu- “I think there’s always room for im- least 10 more for the new facility, in order cators (ECEs) is difficult due to the nature provement,” said Cees deVries, manager of struggles to find to increase openings from 62 spaces to up of the job, as well as low pay and lack of communications and new initiatives at the to 116, including 12 to 16 spots for children pension. Manitoba Child Care Program. staff for new location under two. Two-thirds of a daycare’s staff needs ECE “It’s a sector that people are passionate Yet even now, they are short at least one certification and qualified ECEs start at about and want to do something meaning- $13.80 an hour, said Rozos. ful for.” Sandy Klowak staff member due to leaves of absence and don’t have the resources to hire more. “It’s obviously a very physically and emo- In April, the provincial government re- Beat reporter According to Rozos, the core area location tionally demanding job so it doesn’t attract a leased its current five-year plan for child in a city that is expanding outwards may be lot of people.” care, which includes funding for 6,500 more one reason it’s hard to recruit workers. While the cost of providing childcare has child-care spaces, enhancing program qual- s the on-campus daycare gears up gone up, federal funding hasn’t kept up and ity, centralized on-line wait lists and worker to open a larger facility next fall, it It’s a vicious cycle, she said. “If we can’t hire the staff then we can’t ac- staff isn’t getting paid what they deserve, benefits such as a fixed minimum wage and struggles to fill staff positions. Rozos said. pension funding. A“Definitely there is a shortage of early cept all the children, if we can’t accept the children, we lose a lot of revenue.” Jessica Schettler, another city daycare The on-campus daycare is funded equally childhood educators in the province,” said worker, plans to leave her current field be- by the University of Winnipeg Students’ Diana Rozos, director of the on-campus “We’re all feeling uneasy” over the lack of daycare staff, said Kelly Ross, UWSA vice cause her wage is not enough to depend on Association (UWSA) and the University facility. long-term. of Winnipeg and relies on government A new, larger facility is set to open in president student services. Because of the staff shortage, Ross and “I love [my job], I just feel that I don’t get funding. September 2009 near the new science paid enough for what I do, and it is stressful, complex. another executive member have been vol- Ne w s As s i g n m e n t Ed i t o r : To b an Dy c k contact: [email protected] The Uniter November 20, 2008 E-m a i l : Ne w s @u n i t e r .c a Ph o n e : 786-9497 Fa x : 783-7080 Campus News 07

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t Compiled by Toban Dyck for changes to us We’re getting there With the help of a $1.2 million investment aboriginal education from the Manitoba government, a new bus- only road has been opened between Spence Michael Hancharyk and Young streets. Volunteer staff The new bus loop will also boast a new bus shelter. In a bid to further enhance security for students and local residents, another xperts call on aboriginal education re- portion of Spence Street will be designated form as the gap between non-aborigi- solely for pedestrians. nals’ and aboriginals’ graduation rates The new terminal will comply with the continueE to grow. “Throwing money at it University of Winnipeg’s goal of creating an In a study issued by the C.D. Howe active transportation hub, which will enable Institute, author John Richards, professor in is not the solution.” students to make sustainable commuting choices such as bus or bike. the graduate public policy program at Simon -Jacqueline Romanow, To find out which buses will use the new Fraser University in Vancouver, found that aboriginal governance department terminal, visit www.uwinnipeg.ca/index/ aboriginals’ rate of graduation is much lower release-081117. than the non-aboriginal population. Aboriginal governance professor Jacqueline Romanow believes aboriginal youth’s difficulties in university While almost 90 per cent of non-aborig- Canada’s first private stem from a lack of a central governing board for on-reserve schools. inal Canadians, aged 20 to 24, hold a high university moves ahead school certificate, only 60 per cent of aborig- Still in its infancy, Canada’s first private inals have a similar standing. The Kelowna Accord of 2005 tried to en- of aboriginal governance at the U of W. secular university boasts a faculty devoted The gap is even larger for those who hold sure that the high school graduation rate of “With no governing school board for on- exclusively to teaching. a college or university degree. aboriginal Canadians matched the rest of the reserve schools, it doesn’t allow resource- Students at Quest do not engage in lecture- Lorena Fontaine, professor in the aborigi- population. It also aimed at halving the gap sharing for a general quality of education.” style classes, but hold seminar discussions nal governance department at the University in rates of post-secondary graduation. Richards agrees this is the right direction in small groups; they also study subjects in of Winnipeg, believes the system, not the Yet it proposed no administrative changes, for Aboriginal education. three-and-a-half week blocks. students, is to blame for this difference. and brought no results, Richards said. “I see success in some school districts According to Maclean’s On Campus, Quest in “It stated aspirational goals and promised [here in B.C.]. This suggests it is possible to Squamish, British Columbia, is Canada’s first “A change is needed in the Canadian cur- non-profit, private university. Its approach riculum. There isn’t enough culture repre- some increase in federal government spend- bring about change.” to undergraduate education is revolutionary ing. The major missing piece is credible pro- sented in class. [We] can’t learn language in The University of Winnipeg has an Aboriginal and one of a kind—and with tuition at $24,500 gramming by either band councils or INAC schools; can’t learn our identity,” she said. Student Services Centre, providing counseling per year, it better be. (Indian and Northern Affairs Canada).” Yet she remains optimistic: after noticing and tutoring services, located in room 2L01. Former University of British Columbia the problem, Fontaine believes we can begin “Throwing money at it is not the solu- president David Strangway conceived Quest making a difference. tion,” said Jacqueline Romanow, professor after retiring from his presidential post. His vision was to start a private university devoted to teaching, without the noise of graduate studies and research. North America ‘barely exists:’ political economist Quest’s success has yet to be witnessed, as numbers are below what was forecasted. Wendy Gillis/C Wendy namely with certain industries, such as beef, University of Toronto corn, wheat, oil, natural gas, and electricity. Clarkson explains that cows can be born Sketching between the lines York university students discovered a

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P in one country, raised in another, and killed unique way to study art: every Sunday at in yet another, making countries work not likely to 3:30 p.m. they hop on the Toronto subway to together, attend sketch art classes. re-negotiate NAFTA “This is where geographical proximity According to York University’s student matters . . . where you can see some cross- newspaper Excalibur, the group, led by life- Wendy Gillis border governance which you can call North drawing professor Bobby Chiu, has been CUP Central Bureau Chief American,” he said. meeting every week since 2005. Ultimately though, Clarkson says that Upon gathering at the station, the class unlike Europe after the establishment of the of sketch artists hop on the bus and sketch ASKATOON (CUP) – Stephen Clarkson European Union, North America is unable other passengers in their seats. has a brilliant mind. The University of to resolve differences in an effective way. After a few stops, they all transfer to another line and continue sketching. Toronto professor is a Rhodes scholar For example, the European Union allows Sand an accomplished author, and he even While on the lines, students sketch victim a small country like Denmark the same in- after victim and host their own craft-based ran for mayor of Toronto once. fluence as larger countries like Germany. conversations. But he also has an unconventional theory: With the current structure of NAFTA, the he is convinced that North America “barely U.S. possesses of the majority of the power. exists.” Power walking redefined Stephen Clarkson speaks to a crowd at the Since 9-11, North America has had Simon Fraser’s Max Donelan has been At least, from an economic and political University of Saskatchewan about North America’s even more challenges to overcome, says honored by Time magazine as the man standpoint. existential crisis. Clarkson. behind one of the best inventions of 2008. The political economy expert made a re- America’s resulting “security paranoia” According to Simon Fraser’s newspaper cent stop at the University of Saskatchewan Canadian, Mexican, and American govern- means that the countries have been driven The Peak, Donelan’s invention is called the to promote his new book, Does North ments in 1993. further apart. biochemical energy harvester, and its claim America Exist? For Canadians, this agreement funda- “[Washington] has pushed Ottawa and it to fame is its ability to transform walking into “It sounds like a stupid question, doesn’t mentally changed the definition of North has pushed Mexico City to raise the barri- pure energy. it? Because you look at a map, and there it is. America, which had always been considered ers that it had been busy getting us to lower The device straps to the knee, similar to a knee brace, and generates power with each But the question is: does it exist in the way solely as the relationship between Canada with the free trade and investment agree- that Europe exists thanks to the European step taken: enough to charge a cell phone or and the United States. ment,” he said. an iPod. Union? In what way does it exist?” “Come 1993, all of a sudden, a huge The most recent consequence of this is Specifically, Clarkson’s work exam- change took place, which was Mexico,” said how the economic crisis has been handled. Conventional static ines the effect of the North America Free Clarkson. “It’s quite clear in the attempted resolu- Trade Agreement, as well as 9-11, on North Despite numerous protests, Tories have Although many thought NAFTA would tion of the huge global international cri- nothing new to offer students. America’s functioning as a continent, in strengthen the continent’s cohesion, the lack sis . . . there’s no effort to develop a North The Canadian University Press reported terms of trade, and intergovernmental and of regulatory capacity – meaning legislative, American position . . . before negotiating the Conservative convention in Winnipeg last military issues. executive, or judicial power – has meant the globally,” he said. weekend resulted in no change for university After six years of research, and several trade agreement has done little to encourage Given this relative impotence of both students. trips to Europe and Mexico, he has found a union, suggests Clarkson. North America and NAFTA, Clarkson does Two resolutions that would have benefited that the continent is experiencing an existen- This is due to several fundamental factors, not think a re-negotiation of the trade agree- university students were defeated. tial crisis. including Chapter 19 of NAFTA, which out- ment will occur any time in the near future. P-208, if passed, would have removed the “North America isn’t a viable economic lines its dispute-settlement mechanism. While U.S. president-elect Barack Obama need for parental income assessment when applying for a federal student loan. political entity when you think about what’s Canadians were initially pleased with promised in the democratic primaries to re- driving it,” said Clarkson. “There aren’t that The other, P-209, would have waived their ability to solve trade disputes with the visit NAFTA, Clarkson doubts it will be at the requirement for students to pay into many sectors that really see North America United States. But as demonstrated with the top of his priority list. employment insurance while working as their basic operating area, because [it] is the softwood lumber dispute, it was proven “Is it ahead of Guantanamo? Is it ahead of summer jobs. too big to deal with small problems, or it’s that NAFTA’s lack of legislative power in Iraq? Is it ahead of Iran, or Afghanistan? . . . Read more on the protest in the next issue too small to deal with big problems.” any country meant the mechanism was not Obviously, I doubt it,” he said. “Those of us of The Uniter. Clarkson says one of the greatest fac- effective. who are concerned about the re-negotiation tors affecting how the continent works is In other respects, however, NAFTA is con- of NAFTA, I think can unbuckle our safety NAFTA, the trilateral trade block created by ducive to creating continental co-operation, belts.” November 20, 2008 The Uniter contact: [email protected] 08 Comments Comments More broken Conservative promises fair. Criticism has rained in from times of economic uncertainty, that they cannot blame on the pre- Harper has countered his ill- No one surprised all fronts. they were mostly right. vious Liberal government. spoken commitment with an by deficit, except Specifically, Paul Martin, noted Harper and his financial wing- un-characteristically lucid politi- “deficit slayer” and – briefly – past man – Jim Flaherty – have, to The span of time cal decision to plunge into deficit prime minister, has had a field day their credit, renounced their cam- instead of stripping government for maybe Harper with the Conservatives’ fiscal situa- paign promise. They now admit from promise – spending. Deficits should be em- tion while simultaneously promot- they may be forced to run a deficit Oct. 7 – to broken ployed during times of economic Andrew Tod ing his addition to the malevolent sometime in the near future. More turmoil, where the choice is be- Volunteer staff oeuvre that is the former prime politicians have been caught in the promise – Nov. tween balancing the books and minister memoir series. act of an outright lie. providing the government services This may seem unfair. Often, we 6 – has only been which citizens depend upon. The ow fast things change in Harper and Co. are told, politicians cannot envi- 30 days. Harper, latter should always override the politics. It was around sion the changes which will occur former, governments of course one month ago that our have been slapped during their rule, and the truthful- after all, does being able to operate at a loss no dearH leader Stephen Harper threw hard upside their ness of campaign promises must preach efficiency matter how loudly some may argue caution (and presumably, common be weighed against realistic obsta- they should be run like a profitable sense) to the wind and promised heads with the cles. Perhaps, you may say to your- in government business. A government’s primary that no Conservative government self, Harper and the Conservatives responsibility is to its citizens, and under his watch would ever run a reality that though should be cut some slack. if that requires spending more budget deficit. they may wish it Spare me. When Harper prom- This is not to say the money than they are taking in, Conservative spending plans ised to never run a deficit, Canada Conservatives saw the world- then so be it. were too modest, he argued, and so, they probably was clearly mired in the same wide economic catastrophe hit- However, it is irresponsible to the thought that the Tories – the won’t be able to economic gyre as the rest of the ting global markets as powerfully commit to a promise which could party of less government spending world. If he thought he could glide as it has. Yet they seemed hell bent never possibly be assured, espe- and balanced budgets – could post balance the books through the trenchant fiscal time on draining any financial cushion cially when politicians make these the first federal government deficit next year ahead without possibly taking a hit that may have protected their fis- promises knowing full well they are since the mid-’90s was absurd. of red ink now and then, he either cal credibility and are now left star- lying through their teeth in doing Now that the torrid days of pol- suffers from delusions or is a liar. ing blankly in the mirror, perhaps so. If Harper and his government iticking are over however, Harper Apparently, when all those eco- My guess is the latter. Any defi- setting a new record in the process. were as accountable as he claims, and Co. have been slapped hard nomic specialists and opposition cit that this self-professed party of The span of time from promise – the promise of never running a upside their heads with the real- politicians warned against the sig- fiscal responsibility posts in the fu- Oct. 7 – to broken promise – Nov. government deficit would never ity that though they may wish it, nificant cuts to the government ture is a reflection of their own my- 6 – has only been 30 days. Harper, have been made. they probably won’t be able to bal- sales tax, saying that they would opic financial tinkering. This is one after all, does preach efficiency in Andrew Tod is a University of ance the books next year. Even this leave the cupboard too bare in failing of the Conservative party government. budget year will be a tenuous af- Winnipeg student. Sit down and shut up ally don’t; ergo the dumbass effect.” minutes of everybody else’s time saying how society will accept your silence. In lectures, we want I for one have never understood it: the much you agree with what was just said. Or So the next time you’re sitting in class need to be the professor’s new best friend, conversely, if you happen to not agree with a itching to tell the professor how much you to hear the prof challenging them on every point, laughing university professor who just happens to spe- appreciate the fact that they brought up the uproariously at every inane comment that cialize in the class that they’re teaching and current point because you have a life story speak, not you they intend to be funny, or thinking that you’re a first year student who really doesn’t that is vaguely related to the said topic, think you’re really a lot smarter than you actually have anything intelligent to say then, seri- for a second. are. ously, don’t say anything. Do I want to be a dumbass? Alex Garcia You would think that after hearing enough I know it’s a revolutionary thought for Alex Garcia is a University of Winnipeg Volunteer staff collective sighs as you put your hand in the some of you reading this (oh, on a side note: student. air to speak that you would take the hint. if you’re reading this and don’t think there Really, nobody wants to hear your postu- are any people like this in your class, I hate f you are the average University of lations on whether or not Descartes had it to inform you that chances are you’re that Winnipeg student and have taken al- right, or the fact that you haven’t yet formed person. Sorry.) but it’s OK. You can change; most any arts course you have experi- an opinion on the subject, but when you do Ienced what I like to call the dumbass effect. you’ll let us know. It’s a brand new theory that was con- cocted in a certain Monday night class that Intelligent discussion states as its basic premise: “Semi-intelligent people, with undeveloped ideas mixed with is something that the academic setting of university gives the aforementioned people the thought that most people enjoy, they have something relevant, interesting, and it is an extremely funny or even topical to say when they actu- beneficial and necessary If you happen to not component to the agree with a university learning process professor who just happens to specialize in Intelligent discussion is something that the class that they’re most people enjoy, and it is an extremely teaching and you’re a beneficial and necessary component to the learning process. However, when you go off first year student who on an uninformed rant that ends up with you really doesn’t have trying to convince somebody with a PhD of a ridiculous claim, then you know you have anything intelligent crossed into the realm of ignorance. It’s OK to be quiet in class, if your profes- to say then, seriously, sor says something you agree with, you don’t don’t say anything have to put your hand up and waste five Co m m e n t s Ed i t o r : De v i n Mo r r o w contact: [email protected] The Uniter November 20, 2008 E-m a i l : Co m m e n t s @u n i t e r .c a Ph o n e : 786-9497 Comments Fa x : 783-7080 09 Good For America, the hope is enough & Canadians were sent to North Dakota State Any anger was quickly turned into joy Evil Volunteering for the University to remind the students to vote. once Pennsylvania and Ohio were called for Then it was back to the office to make calls Obama. Then it happened – the announce- Obama campaign to Iowa. Finally, it was time to head to the ment that Barack Obama would be the Ramada Ballroom for what we were hoping next U.S. President. The reaction was un- would be the victory party. believable. People were screaming, clapping, Jeff Kovalik-Plouffe Being a Canadian was something that in- hugging, throwing things, chanting “Yes Volunteer We Did” and especially crying. I watched the reactions of people in Chicago and I with J.Williamez One man I talked to can honestly say Fargo’s reaction was ex- lections are exciting. I volunteered for was ashamed to say actly the same. That moment is something MP Anita Neville during our last fed- I will never forget. It made me wish that What NOT to do eral campaign and I have always been he supported Bush Canadians back home had cared as much interestedE in United States’ Presidential elec- in the past during this past election. in case of fire… tions. This year was no exception: two dif- During President-Elect Obama’s speech ferent candidates, each with opposite views he thanked everyone who donated $10, $15 1. Do not try to eat the fire. on everything from the economy to for- terested these Americans. Throughout the and $20 dollars. The woman standing next One of the most common misconceptions eign policy. As a student at the University night I received many thank-yous and was to me shouted playfully, “What about $25?” about fire safety is that fires can be effectively of Winnipeg, you can probably guess that even interviewed by a radio station. The at- She explained, in between tears, that she had put out by eating them. This is false. In addition I supported Barack Obama. Which is why, mosphere was electric, as the election would donated $25 every two weeks for months. to being mostly void of nutritional content, on the evening of Monday, Nov. 3, I decided decide the President, the North Dakota And it hit me that this woman, like count- fire can actually burn your mouth, should you to go and lend a helping hand to his cam- Governor and Congressmen. Talking to less other cash-strapped Americans, had do- attempt to eat it, so don’t. paign in Fargo, North Dakota. I figured that many different people at the party one thing nated her hard earned money to the Obama 2. Do not put the fire in your eyes. with the experience I had gained working was made clear: their disgust with President campaign in hope of a better future. This is just stupid. There is no good reason to with MP Neville, there could be something George W. Bush. One man I talked to was Will President Obama be able to make put fire in your eyes, so don’t do it. I could do to help on Election Day. ashamed to say he supported Bush in the all the changes he promised? Only time will 3. Do not pretend to be a fish in hopes After being held at U.S. Customs, I finally past. I realized the talk on television and in tell, but if only for one night, Barack Obama that the fire will be fooled into thinking it is made it to Fargo. When I awoke Tuesday I print was correct: Americans are upset with did one thing for Americans and millions of under water, and therefore put itself out. felt like a six-year-old on Christmas. I went the handling of the Iraq war, they are sick people throughout the world. He created At first glance this seems like a brilliant plan, down to the campaign office where, after of their friends and family members losing HOPE. Call me a fool but isn’t that what however, according to most fire experts it is not meeting four other Manitobans, I was given their jobs and homes and disappointed with politics should be about? as brilliant as it first appears. Pretending to be sheets of North Dakotans to phone and re- how this administration has let America be- Jeff Kovalik-Plouffe is a theatre and politics a fish in order to make the fire think that it is mind them to vote. I probably made close come less respected globally. They want the student at the University of Winnipeg. under water, although very sneaky, has been to 300 calls until I and two of the other change that Barack Obama promised. proven to be highly ineffective. The fact of the matter is that fire cannot see you. Fire is not alive and/or sentient, and therefore cannot be The reputation game fooled by the kind of ingenious ruse described above. Pretending you are a fish, although regarding the merit of “reputa- university choice we make. do we feel the need to compare having been proven to be highly effective in The flawed tion” surveys. Incidentally, schools with “reputation” when it is a per- many dangerous situations such as drowning The United States’ college high reputations are often the sonal opinion and subjective? and carjacking for example, will not help at all elitism of and university system obsesses ones with higher tuition, turn- Personally, I am satisfied with in the case of fire, so try to avoid relying on it. over reputation studies. Any ing the case of reputation into the quality of the U of W educa- 4. Do not attempt to “fight fire with fire” university Canadian student these days one of subtle elitism. Because se- tion I have received, and when by lighting your hair on fire, and then head- who takes the SATs usually does riously, if I apply for a job and I graduate in May I honestly rankings butting the fire. so only because they harbour a a potential employer compares will have no regrets. After all, I Trust me: this doesn’t work. “Fight fire with secret desire to make it into Ivy my Winnipeg BA to someone’s will have acquired an Honours fire” is just a cliché, and has been the death Devin Morrow League schools – the only ones Dalhousie BA, it has been ob- BA, valuable relationships with of many a literal minded fool. These sorts of Comments editor worthwhile being accepted to, served that for whatever reason, professors thanks to our small misunderstandings (involving popular clichés) obviously. whatever our GPA or past re- class sizes and the opportunity are the reasons that we have abandoned many While Canada does not have cords are, the candidate with the to study abroad. Furthermore ven before the 18th an- of our most popular clichés like: “A bird in the an Ivy League, if someone were more “reputable” school’s name Winnipeg is not an expensive nual Maclean’s University hand is worth cutting off your legs and stabbing to ask me to name the top five on their resume gets the job. city to live in and I was not Rankings hit newsstands, yourself in the eye with a salad fork;” “You’ve schools in the country I would forced to pay out-of-province theE University of Winnipeg al- buttered your bread now jump off your house;” probably rattle off a few names student fees. Should I feel less ready knew how it fared. Schools with and of course the ever popular, “Don’t count I have always considered “good” proud of myself for not doing Among undergraduate your chickens before you kill yourself with a regardless of whether or not I high reputations my undergrad at, say, York or schools, we rank a commend- tire-iron.” had actually looked into their UBC though, based on the qual- able ninth place above such are often the 5. Do not attempt to distract the fire by services and programs. Herein ity of our “reputation” ? notable universities as Ryerson snuggling with it or tickling it. lies the difficulty with “reputa- ones with When you open Maclean’s and Bishop’s. The Maclean’s sys- Fire doesn’t like to snuggle and will become tion” rankings. next week and curiously flip tem uses 13 categories through higher tuition angry if you force your snuggles on it. Tickling It does not matter whether through the rankings of schools which it ranks schools based on the fire, although slightly more effective, is still Maclean’s uses three catego- turning the case and see us all vertically num- students and classes, faculty, re- not recommended as fires are not generally ries or 30 categories in its sur- bered, one on top of each other, sources, student support, library of reputation very ticklish. Also, you will burn your fingers. vey, unfortunately it seems that will you look at the reputation and reputation. 6. Do not attempt to put the fire to sleep often the thing we look to first into one of column first? I can’t help it, I al- It is this last category that I by reading to it from Wuthering Heights. is reputation. Whether this is a ways do. But at least after five find interesting. “Reputation” is Although studies have shown that even case of one-upping our peers to subtle elitism years of undergrad studies I have not exactly something that can three consecutive words from this novel can make it into the “better” school realized that however the media be objectively studied. As the put anyone or anything to sleep, there is a or wishing to hang a diploma and high school students want complete results of the rankings good chance that you will, in fact, put yourself on our wall that says “Queen’s” It is definitely worthwhile to to grade us, the University of will not be available until Nov. to sleep long before the fire succumbs to or “McGill” on it, reputation analyze the education of faculty, Winnipeg is where I decided to 24, it would be premature to this novel (commonly referred to as “King of always seems to unconsciously breadth of libraries and quality stay and learn and leave with a criticize the survey, however it is literary opiates”). When the fire sees that you make a serious impact on the of university resources, but why diploma, ninth place or not. possible to raise some questions have fallen asleep, it will generally attempt to tuck you in and will burn you to death in the process. Letters 7. Do not attempt to make the fire leave by asking it to marry you way too soon, Re: Are we a racist city to making good grades and possibly great ca- them drop to the bottom [of their class]. in hopes that it will run away in fear of The issue devoted to racism in Winnipeg reers. All of a sudden their classmates started Sure enough the one victim I have heard commitment. (Oct. 30 edition) happened to be my first complaining that these African students had from was almost driven to suicide. The per- The fire will see through this ploy right time of reading your newspaper and I am a body odour. The racist part of this is that petrators of these acts might not be aware of away, and in most cases, will call your bluff by now a fan. The subject of racism was looked BO experts claimed it is on anybody born the far reaching consequences their actions accepting your proposal. You will then be badly at from many angles and I am impressed. I in Africa and is hard to get rid of. The com- have on their victims. They might just want burned trying to consummate your vows on just want to add to the discussing a form of plaint went to the school administration to get rid of competition but they could be your wedding night. racism that no one seems to be talking about and these students were withdrawn from getting rid of a life as well. I believe newspa- For more useful tips like these, go to Shannon’s but is becoming very prevalent here and in the school. I wonder what counselling ser- pers like yours and others in academic in- Irish Pub on Monday and ask J. Williamez other places. I know brilliant immigrants vices in schools are for. The same thing has stitutions can add this to the discussion on yourself. from Africa who were performing very well happened to other students in institutions racism and discrimination. in a school in Winnipeg (I am proud to say outside of Winnipeg. The aim I guess is to Thanks, it is not the U of M). They were on the way torture students psychologically and make Charles Nfon November 20, 2008 The Uniter contact: [email protected] 10 ARTSArts & CULCulTtUuRrEe Arts & Culture Art from Winnipeg’s Heart ordinator. her fiscal worries fade. Organizers expect Just like the art, the artists them- “I consider myself low income, selves are very diverse. but I always think I’m rich if I have annual art sale “There are emerging artists, my canvas and paints,” she said. “If and some well developed artists,” I have those things…what else is featuring work Schlichting said, adding that there there?” by low-income are a number of people with dis- With prices ranging from abilities who participate. roughly $5 to about $500, the art and inner city The main objective of the sale, at the sale is affordable. Plus, all of Schlichting explained, is to pro- the payments go directly to the art- artists to be vide a means for marginalized art- ists themselves. ists to sell their work. However, she Schlichting is optimistic that great success stressed that labeling the artists as the unique aspects of the sale will low-income or marginalized can attract many Winnipeggers. She Courtney Schwegel be problematic. expects over 1,000 people to come Volunteer staff “Everybody will define them- to the opening event on Friday, selves differently,” she said. Nov. 21. With such a big crowd, “Someone who totally has no the art can sell out very quickly, ife as an artist is feast or fam- money or doesn’t have a lot of so she urges prospective buyers to ine. This phrase rings true social skills…doesn’t want to be come early. for a number of Winnipeg identified as low income.” Traverse also strongly encour- Lartists struggling to make ends Jackie Traverse, an artist who’s ages Winnipeggers to come out to meet. including three of her paintings the sale and support local, low-in- That’s precisely why Art From in this year’s sale, has participated come artists like herself. the Heart, an organization that in the event the past five years. “It’s a great night out,” Traverse provides support for inner city and Traverse credits Art From the said. “You know that the money low-income artists, is holding its Heart for providing her with con- you spend is helping people. You’re ninth annual arts sale from Nov. fidence as an artist. not just making some famous, rich 21 to 22. “It gave me my start,” she said. artist richer.” Before her involvement with This year’s sale will include the Art From the Heart’s ninth annual Art From the Heart, Traverse used work of approximately 130 artists art sale runs Friday, Nov. 21 from to doodle and draw, but was never who specialize in a variety of ar- 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. (with live music serious about showing her art. tistic mediums such as watercolor, by James Adamson and Michelle As a single mother and fine acrylics, textiles, embroidery, ce- Elrick) and Saturday, Nov. 22 from arts student at the University of ramics, jewelry and even video 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 430 Langside Manitoba, Traverse said finances installations. Street. Visit www.artfromtheheart. are tight, but she feels that her pas- “It’s very eclectic,” said Karen ca. “Truth” by Jackie Traverse. Check out Traverse’s work on this issue’s cover as well. Schlichting, the art sale’s co- sion for art is capable of making photo by mark reimer Ar t s Ed i t o r : Aa r o n Epp contact: [email protected] The Uniter November 20, 2008 E-m a i l : Ar t s @u n i t e r .c a Ph o n e : 786-9497 Fa x : 783-7080 Arts & Culture 11 Afraid of what humankind could become to…we were all part of it…every person… Therefore it is important to acknowledge the cide our futures. New exhibit at Urban we chose not to listen or see.” Every human pain we feel when we see this [exhibit]. We Afraid of What I Could Become is on at holds the capability of committing these hor- cannot mature as a nation if we do not take Urban Shaman until Dec.19. Visit www.ur- Shaman tells stories rific massacres and Pillay reminds the viewer responsibility.” banshaman.org. of this painful and chilling truth. Nicholas’ visionary work is a forewarning of bearing witness Next, Nicholas, a Rock Cree Aboriginal, to people to look at the past in order to de- to genocide discusses the genocide of the Cree people at Devil’s Lake. “Somebody, somewhere, for some reason, Katie Dangerfield gifted my people with [smallpox] blankets Volunteer staff and everyone started dying - babies, grand- mothers, grandfathers…they all started dying at Devil’s Lake,” he says. This painful tories of genocide and its internal and truth of Canadian history forced him to ask external affects on society are portrayed questions such as, “Could [I] cause geno- in a multi-media installation at Urban cide? Could [I] become this?” Nicholas, as SShaman Gallery. did Pillay, acknowledged that every person Titled Afraid of What I Could Become, the holds this potential evil. exhibit exemplifies the virtue of truth and KC Adams, the director of the gallery, responsibility said the entire exhibit was “inspired by Joys The exhibit is a collaboration between Dancer’s song about the Devil’s Lake geno- internationally-celebrated artist James cide.” This song’s beauty and sadness cre- Nicholas, who tragically fell to his death at ates the underlying tone of the exhibit - life a fishing camp in B.C. last month; his wife and death. The collaboration’s excellence Sandra Semchuk; as well as Pravin Pillay and and strong multi-media unit are why Urban Joys Dancer. Each artist uses visual and sonic Shaman got involved with the exhibit. mediums in order to create a story of hu- “It is the point of view of indigenous and mankind’s encounter with systemic atroci- non-indigenous on genocide…both afraid ties both past and present. of what they could become after acknowl- The media installation is set up with two edging how destructive humans are,” Adams split screens facing each other in one room said. creating an encompassing affect on the Overall, the exhibit creates a truly emo- senses. While life and the beauty of nature tional experience. The stories given generate are portrayed on one screen, the opposite anger, pain and hope. It helps one under- creates an image of sadness and death. stand the connection and interactions hu- First, Pillay, an East Indian Canadian, de- mans face every day. scribes the genocide he witnessed in Rwanda “It is hard for people to face the truth of and Berudi. things that happened, it hurts, so we stay “The atrocities created by humankind in denial,” Semchuk said. “But it is help- there were preventable, the people did not ful to look out of denial, to see a different have to die,” Pillay says in the video. “It point of view; it allows us to be more aware. could have been prevented but we chose not

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Video stills from Afraid Of What I Could Become. photos by mark reimer “It is hard for people to Jessica “Anything goes.” face the truth of things that happened, it hurts, so we stay in denial.” -Sandra Semchuk November 20, 2008 The Uniter contact: [email protected] 12 Arts & Culture

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Curran Faris “I just like being in the studio. Listings co-ordinator I loved recording, playing the instruments and being under Comeback Kid Turn It Around the gun, I love that part of it.” (Facedown Records, 2003) -John Paul Peters, The record that started it all for producer/engineer one of the most popular and im- portant bands in hardcore right now.

Dream Quest The Release (Independent, 2004) Local guitar wizards Dream Quest offer up an epic power metal opus guaranteed to melt fretboards and eardrums alike.

The Reception Does It Keep You Awake? (Independent, 2005) A proficient guitarist and violin player who used to play in Officer Down and The Undecided, John Paul Peters has made his living as an audio engineer for Now defunct indie rock quartet The the past six years. Reception was Winnipeg’s answer to Further Seems Forever and saw Peters’ recording prowess applied quickly. He began his career working as a his approach when it comes to recording. to a band that wasn’t crushingly Winnipeg’s John Paul freelance engineer out of various studios in “My philosophy is to help the artist real- heavy. Manitoba. In 2003, Peters worked on his first ize their goal, not my goal for the project,” Peters talks about internationally successful record, Comeback said Peters. Katelyn Dawn how he got into audio Kid’s Turn It Around. He added that his role often varies in the Open Your Eyes When compared with cities like Toronto studio – in some cases he is very involved (Independent, 2006) engineering and or Vancouver, Winnipeg appears at first to with writing, arranging and playing instru- Released when she was just 16, be a small market for an audio engineer. ments, while in other situations he remains Open Your Eyes would mark the be- what his philosophy However, Peters said Winnipeg is “a busy behind the control board. ginning of a promising career for music place,” and he has no intentions to “I actually like being more creatively in- Katelyn Dawn, who also appeared as a producer is leave Winnipeg. He added that he has been volved than being less creatively involved… on Canadian Idol. able to work as an engineer full-time, sup- I prefer to have [more] responsibility,” said porting his wife and two children, for the Peters. Every New Day Curran Faris last six years. In either case, he added, the final deci- Even in the Darkest Places Listings co-ordinator After the Comeback Kid record in 2003, sions are always left to the artist. (Hand of Hope Records, 2006) Peters worked independently out of his Neil Cameron, co-owner of Private Ear Every New Day combined brutal basement. With bands like Figure Four, The and an accomplished recording engineer metal riffs and thunderous drum- hat do hardcore heavyweights Ripperz and Evil Survives knocking on his himself, said that Peters’ versatility and abil- ming with nods to punk rock and Comeback Kid, pop-magicians door, he made the decision to jump to a big- ity to fill numerous roles in the studio is melodic hardcore. The Waking Eyes and Canadian ger workspace. what makes him such a unique engineer. IdolW contestant Katelyn Dawn have in com- Peters is now part-owner of the newly re- “He’s really, really good at a lot of differ- Means mon? All three acts have had their albums located and renovated Private Ear Recording ent areas; he’s an excellent musician, he’s got Sending You Strength recorded by renowned audio engineer John Studio. Located in an old chemical ware- great ideas, he works with people really well (Facedown Records, 2007) Paul Peters. house in the Exchange District, Private Ear and he’s an absolute wizard on Pro Tools,” Regina outfit Means play an an- Originally from Steinbach, Peters played is unassuming from the outside. Inside, the Cameron said. “He impresses me every themic and melodic strain of guitar in The Undecided as well as seminal studio is like a hidden oasis. The heavy steel day.” emo-inspired metalcore and are hardcore band Officer Down. Peters said he doors and concrete floors give way to newly For Peters, it’s all in a day’s work. currently on their final Canadian got his first taste of engineering by recording built walls, decorative throw rugs, hardwood “I try to bring everything I am capable tour. rough demos in his basement. floors, comfortable lighting and a control of to every project, and to take everybody a “I just like being in the studio. I loved re- room that makes any band swoon. step above of where they thought they’d be, Tele cording, playing the instruments and being With a brand new studio, Peters seems to and if I can do that than my job is worth- Tele under the gun, I love that part of it,” the have the perfect environment to complement while,” he said. (Independent, 2007) 31-year-old said from the control room of Tele is among the top of Winnipeg’s his new studio, Private Ear. indie rock band scene and is likely When it comes to engineering, Peters to make it big at any moment. is essentially self-taught. Instead of going to an engineering school like Mid-Ocean A Textbook Tragedy in Winnipeg, he learned through heavy Intimidator reading, trial and error and working as a (Distort, 2007) studio apprentice. Hailing from Vancouver, A Textbook “That’s the fastest way to learn. Not Tragedy mix hardcore breakdowns, that school isn’t a very valid way to learn, throat-shredding vocals and in- but I’ve always [believed that] you de- strumental prowess, yielding vi- cide what you need to learn and then you cious results. make a way to learn it.” Peters certainly has been moving The Waking Eyes Holding On To Whatever It Is (Warner/Coalition, 2008) This Winnipeg band’s latest is a re- cord of incredible depth, diversity and originality. Peters’ mixing is perfectly suiting.

Coda Mae Dae (Independent, 2008) Winnipeg’s Coda take on hardcore, emo and hard rock while adding their own unique twists on each genre: the inclusion of piano. Read more about Coda on page 14. Ar t s Ed i t o r : Aa r o n Epp contact: [email protected] The Uniter November 20, 2008 E-m a i l : Ar t s @u n i t e r .c a Ph o n e : 786-9497 Fa x : 783-7080 Arts & Culture 13

Serious, but not too serious Arts Briefs Ga

b Compiled by Jonathan Dyck rielle Tou rielle Trevor Friesen and and Matt Prepost

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Chad Kroeker are a e tt BRACE FOR FUNDING CUTS e dynamic duo who just According to CBC reports, the City of Ottawa is expected to cut $4.1 want you to dance million in arts and culture funding. The recommendations came as the city’s 2009 draft budget was released and the Kait Evinger cuts are expected to help balance the Volunteer deficit. Affected by the cuts will be 286 groups and individuals. Among these are the rom Sonny and Cher to Meg and Ottawa Bluesfest and The Ottawa Book Jack White, music history has always Awards, each of which will lose 100 per held a special place for duos. Adding cent of their funding. Several choir, theirF names to the roster are Trevor Friesen theatre and dance groups are also and Chad Kroeker, who together form expected to lose their annual funding Trevor Friesen and Chad Kroeker of Codename: The Sharks! They’re just calling to say ‘I love you.’ Codename: The Sharks! grants. “I find that we can be more creative. I Public consultations on the budget think it’s interesting for the crowd to watch Although they don’t have a guitar player, it’s Recently they have been playing shows more will be held Nov. 27, and city council will as well – they’re not really sure what we’re not to the detriment of their sound nor their frequently and are planning to release an EP hear from public delegations in the first gonna do next,” Kroeker, who plays the ability to rock out. The music is loud and for spring. days of December. The final budget will be approved by Dec. 5. drums and keyboards, said by phone from brawny, full of steady beats and fuzzy bass They’re taking themselves more seriously his downtown abode when asked about the tones. than they did when they started jamming as two-person dynamic. This is a bit misleading though, since un- a two-piece. Not too seriously, though. YOUTUBE TRIES TO REMAIN RELEVANT Friesen felt the pairing was natural since derneath all that thrash is a pop sensibility “It’s purely messing around – at the heart What do you get when YouTube signs a he and Kroeker have been playing together that would make Timbaland take notice. of it is just having fun and experimenting deal with Hollywood’s MGM Studios and Australia’s Fremantle Media? since their high school days in Steinbach and They seem to be channeling another two- with different sounds,” Friesen said. Free streaming movies and TV shows! lived together until recently. bit act, the now defunct Death From Above In case you need to see a two-person, Well sort of. The Google-owned “I think our first show was probably a 1979. Both Friesen and Kroeker mention de- disco/thrash/pop act with a guitar absence funct Seattle art punks The Blood Brothers live to know what it’s all about, don’t worry. YouTube signed an agreement with the talent show or something,” said Friesen, production studios in a move to catch who studies English at the University of as an influence, but in a salute to their mu- You can check them out tonight (Nov. 20) sic’s diversity, Kroeker also mentions “poppy with Regina band Library Voices (see article up to its competitor, Hulu, a joint venture Winnipeg when he’s not playing bass and between News Corp. and NBC, who has keys for The Sharks. Madonna songs.” below) at The Lo Pub. It should be interest- “If we can get people dancing, then that’s ing to see the juxtaposition of the two bands’ already been showing full-length movies Previously, the two played together in and TV shows for some time. what we want,” Friesen said. very different sizes. a three-piece act called Sorry About the MGM will allow some of its movies to By his estimate, it has been a year-and-a- “It should be a really fun show – one Catfight, but moving to Winnipeg forced be streamed in their entirety on the web. that band to call it quits and led to the duo’s half since the duo became serious about the band with, like, 10 members and another The bad news is that some of their most current project. band, when a friend recommended that they with two,” Kroeker said. “It’s pretty diverse. popular franchises like the James Bond Codename: The Sharks! label themselves take what was originally an enjoyable experi- I think people should come check it out.” movies will not be screened online. The mentation and play a show he was planning. as “dance ‘n’ roll,” and pack an eclectic sound. Visit www.myspace.com/codenamethesharks. good news is that you can watch Chow Yun-Fat kick ass in Bulletproof Monk as many times as you want! Fremantle Media, best known for Library Voices in a funeral home producing American Idol, will create new content exclusively for YouTube Checking egos at Cour said all of the band’s songs are and the web. t written communally. One mem- esy o esy ”Checking your ego is important. ber will have an idea and every-

f DYLAN MAKES AN UNEXPECTED VISIT the door is key M I don’t have to be playing the us one else joins in. By the time Winnipeg media was abuzz last week Be Be t they’re done playing around with over stories of Bob Dylan’s unannounced for Regina pop S whole time. It depends on an the riff or the lyrics, they often

t and nonchalant visit to Neil Young’s collective what suits the song.” a have a fully-formed song. former Winnipeg home on Grosvenor Dawson added that in a group Avenue. -Michael Dawson, as big as Library Voices, knowing John Kiernan, who resides in Young’s Ian McAmmond organist, Library Voices when not to play is as important former residence, came home Nov. 2 to Volunteer as knowing when to play. He find Dylan standing outside of his home, believes that a competitive ap- admiring the history of the house from proach to playing music would afar. egina-based pop collec- be detrimental to the band. Although Dylan never acknowledged tive Library Voices is “Checking your ego is impor- himself as being Bob Dylan, Kiernan about to pack up all 10 tant. I don’t have to be playing invited him in for a 25-minute tour of Rmembers into their van and hit the whole time. It depends on the house. Dylan was in town to play the the road for the second time in what suits the song.” MTS Centre that night. three months. This time they’re Besides playing with Library headed out West. Voices, Dawson works for a BILLY CORGAN’S SMASHING Formed this past spring, the not-for-profit arts organization PUMPKINS: THE SAGA CONTINUES group of seasoned musicians that runs Regina’s famed venue, The Smashing Pumpkins 20th quickly threw together a demo The Exchange, comparable to Anniversary Tour isn’t going all that and played their first show just Winnipeg’s West End Cultural well. Stereogum.com reported last week two weeks after their first jam. Centre. He also runs the in- that at the second of two concerts in “Playing shows is the payoff,” New York City, frontman Billy Corgan dependent label Young Soul Michael Dawson, the band’s or- invited a fan onstage to share what he Records, which Library Voices ganist, said by phone from the thought of the previous night’s show. is on. Regina funeral home-turned-stu- “Last night’s show f*cking sucked,” the For a man whose biggest pay- dio where the double quintet is fan yelled before rushing off-stage. off is playing shows, he must be recording its debut full-length. Corgan, displaying surprising maturity, glad to be finishing recording Due in stores early next year, countered, “We’re all good. By the way, and getting back on the road. the full-length will be the follow- Regina-based pop collective Library Voices. In a park. With guitars. I like that song you wrote – ‘Take Your The band’s been working hard up to Hunting Ghosts (& Other Dick Out of My Ass and Stick it in Your on the full-length. Collected Shorts), an EP the and it’s so easy to feel at home writing. Cello, synth, accordion Mouth.’ It was a big hit in Europe.” (See “We wanted to record a group released this past summer and feel creative,” the 30-year- and ‘miscellaneous objects’ are it for yourself at www.tinyurl.com/ proper record. We’ve been com- pumpkins-suck.) after recording it at the same stu- old Dawson said. just some of the sounds you’ll ing in day and night for the last Geez, back when he was actually dio they’re in now. Apparently Drawing on a wealth of musi- find on their EP. Eclectic, funky few weeks.” relevant, Billy dealt with adversity by an old funeral home can be great cal knowledge, a passion for lit- and fun, the band is sure to get erature and a penchant for the you up and dancing. locking himself up and writing an epic place to make a record. See Library Voices with tear-jerker. These days, he’s reverting “It was an amazing experi- bizarre, Library Voices creates “The shows we play often Codename: The Sharks!) see a mature pop sound, at times turn into giant dance parties,” to the kind of shenanigans one might ence. We actually chose to return above) and Haunter tonight find in a homophobic high school locker verging on symphonic. Songs Dawson said. there to work on the album we’re (Thursday, Nov. 20) at The Lo room. Please Billy – we know you’re likes “The Lonely Projectionist” The spontaneity and enthusi- currently making as well just be- Pub. Visit www.myspace.com/ better than this! cause it was so positive . . . It’s reflect the band’s free-spirited, asm of the band comes through thelibraryvoices. such a warm, welcoming space collectivist approach to song in the music they write. Dawson November 20, 2008 The Uniter contact: [email protected] 14 Arts & Culture

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SCOTT HINKSON The Torrent Sessions Independent For an artist described as “singer/songwriter,” I surprised to see the cover art displaying a dreary cityscape. Despite mixed feel- ings initially, this latest offering from Winipegger Scott Hinkson turned out to be a solid rock album in its own right. After Stream “Surrounded” listening to the album through a couple times I could not get by Scott Hinkson at www.uniter.ca. the lyrics “I was born a long time ago, I will not die” (from “Hunt of the Century”) out of my head for days. This album has every- thing you could want from an indie-rocker: it’s well-produced, the melodies are catchy and the songs come from a place of inner darkness. Hinkson has proved that he can take criticism and has moved his vocals to the front on this album. Stand-out tracks include the aforementioned “Century” and the up-beat “A Miracle Complete.” Catch Hinkson live at Silverado’s Nov. 26. —Ian McAmmond

A NEW HONOUR The Untitled Truce Independent A New Honour may rock and sound pretty hard, but the lyrics on The Untitled Truce are passionate, relevant and can help you find a “truce” with yourself. Accompanied by crushing Stream “Artificial” by chords, “Artificial” will make you think twice about our society A New Honour at www.uniter.ca. and how our emotions and identities have become somewhat “There’s nothing exciting about manufactured. Then there is the softer “Magdeline,” which makes you want to be saved and to save someone in return. A New Honour’s record is a slice of following the Yellow Brick Road, the alterna-rock that we’re in dire need of. While some might compare them to Nickelback and because you know exactly where it goes” bands of that ilk, A New Honour is more like The Strokes artificially inseminated by Oasis – chill at points and upbeat at others, but most importantly, always real. This debut album does ANH justice and fans will be soon begging for a follow-up. —Marina Koslock Coda is (left to right) Kevin Gooch, Tim Stade, Scott Barchuk, Casey Gooch and Mike Smoljanovic.

DEERHUNTER disc. Microcastle Combining a variety Just as intense as the music are the lyr- Kranky ics. While songs like “Facedown” (with its Few albums this year have absorbed me like Microcastle, of influences to create refrain of, “I hope they find you face down Deerhunter’s follow-up to the one-two punch of 2007’s Crypto- in the alley/Pierced through the heart/And grams and Fluorescent Grey EP. True to its name, Microcastle their unique sound, bled out like you left me”) seem to resort is a shimmering labyrinth made of the crumbling walls of Winnipeg’s Coda isn’t to ham-fisted emotion, others like “Burn sound erected by shoegaze pioneers like the Jesus and Mary with the Masses,” “Gagaku” and “Mae Dae” Chain, My Bloody Valentine and early Smashing Pumpkins. are more nuanced and reveal a depth many Spacey atmospherics and swirling guitars offer Bradford Cox the ideal backdrop for his sensual everyone’s cup of tea bands never achieve. vocals on the psych throwback “Saved By Old Times.” Seamlessly paced, Microcastle is driven “‘Facedown’ is part of me realizing who by a nostalgic love affair with feedback and melody. Beginning with the soothing “Cover Me (Slowly),” Deerhunter’s lazy euphoria finally stumbles into the broken chords of A“ ctiva.” But Aaron Epp I really am,” Stade said. Indeed, a lot of the just when Cox appears to lose his steam, Deerhunter launch into “Nothing Ever Happened,” Arts & Culture editor lyrics are about the 25-year-old husband an impossible epic that explodes into an all-out prog-jam. Once Microcastle draws you inside, and father coming to terms with who he is there’s no getting out. and what he believes. The son of missionar- —Jonathan Dyck ith lyrics like “I’ll shoot you in ies, Stade spent his formative years in Santa your fucking face,” it’s no won- Cruz, Bolivia – a place he wants to return to der local rock quintet Coda has in “Burn with the Masses.” beenW told its music isn’t marketable. “I find the answers are not there/I hope AMON AMARTH Although it may have had more to do we’ll find them in/South American winds,” Twilight of the Thunder God with their music – a progressive, almost he sings. Metal Blade unclassifiable mix of hardcore and alterna- “That song is the last 15 years of my life Sweden’s Amon Amarth are one of the bigger Scandinavian tive rock – rather than their lyrics, the gov- jammed together. It’s almost a homesick metal acts around these days and I can see the appeal. The ernment turned the group down when it song, a longing,” Stade said. “There was a band clearly knows their metal: over-the-top album art (fea- applied for a grant to record its debut full- reality that I knew growing up that I realized turing Thor slaying a sea serpent), lyrics about battle axes and length CD, Mae Dae. wasn’t my reality. So that song is about figur- Norse gods, and music that is both heavy and melodic. But I’ve “That’s what I wanted as our record cover, ing that out after [I’d] made some big deci- heard it all before. The “Gothenberg sound,” or melodic death just that rejection letter,” guitarist Mike sions based on that old way of thinking.” metal, has been done nearly to death. That isn’t to suggest that Amon Amarth is a bad band “Small J” Smoljanovic, 21, said over beers at Stade declined to get more specific, but – they’re not. Twilight of the Thunder God is chock-full of crushing riffs and soaring guitar The Toad recently. “We couldn’t believe it.” considering the lines, “Religion is just a way melodies which to younger metalheads, I’m sure, sound fresh and new. I would encourage those “We’re five sexy guys who know how to to control you/I want to burn down all your younger metalheads to check out some older Swedish death metal though, like At The Gates, play our instruments,” bassist Scott Barchuk, churches/To see if God will finally choke on Entombed and old In Flames. 26, added with a smile. “What more do they our ashes,” it’s safe to say he no longer shares —Curran Faris need?” his parents’ worldview. The experience taught the band – which One problem he has with many Christians is rounded out by vocalist Tim Stade, key- is their focus on the afterlife. board player Casey Gooch and his brother “It’s not important to me what happens K.MARO Kevin on drums – a lesson: as clichéd as it when I die. I care about where I am now,” Perfect Stranger might sound, if you want something done Stade said. “There’s nothing exciting about K.Pone.Inc./Warner right, you’ve got to do it yourself. So they following the Yellow Brick Road, because Originally from Lebanon, K.Maro’s had success with three did, fronting the almost $25,000 it cost to you know exactly where it goes. I could give predominantly French albums in his adopted home of Quebec. record, mix, master and manufacture the 11- two shits about Emerald City. I want to Perfect Stranger is his first English release, and it fits right song disc themselves. know what’s happening along the way.” in with other western rappers like P. Diddy (or whatever he’s It was worth it. Recorded at Private Ear Some people might define him as “lost,” calling himself these days). To say K.Maro’s self-aggrandizing Recording with respected producer/engi- but Stade doesn’t think so. is letting him off easy. His lyrics pump up his image, a tactic Mae Dae right out of the MTV playbook. On track 13, “Keep My Grind,” neer John Paul Peters, is one of the “I’m more found than I ever have been,” he raps, “Yes I’m-a make my money, yes I’m-a keep my grind.” It sounds like he’s saying “keep best CDs to be released by a local band this he said. my pride,” but no luck there. Maybe he owns a Starbucks franchise. After all, the album cover year – that rare recording that’s actually en- And he couldn’t care less whether that’s features him sitting, CEO-like, at a desk prominently displaying his bling and holding a cigar. joyable to listen to front-to-back. marketable or not. From songs like “Burn with the Masses,” Some of his beats are club-worthy, but ultimately don’t impress. Perhaps he’d be better off Coda releases Mae Dae at The Zoo on Friday, an epic hardcore powerhouse, to “Fondo staying behind the desk. Nov. 21. Read more about Coda’s audio engi- Del Mar,” a beautiful, two-minute, piano- —Andrew McMonagle neer, John Paul Peters, on page 12. Visit www. and-acoustic-guitar-driven ballad, the band myspace.com/codatheband. shows its range throughout the 55-minute contact: [email protected] The Uniter November 20, 2008 Arts & Culture 15

Disturbingly dramatic BOOK REVIEW Cylla Cylla All have done

MTC Warehouse v on Tiedemann on a whirlwind production centres performance. At the around a brother and end, the packed house sister trying to fulfill erupted in a standing their mother’s last ovation with the trace wishes in her of a tear seen in many an eye. This is a must- war-torn country see – one of the most FEAR NOT masterful plays you Maurice Mierau John Cunningham Turnstone Press, 2008 Volunteer staff will see in Winnipeg 117 pages in a long time. $16.95 Scorched Chris Friesen Directed by Richard Rose incredible. Janine, played by Sophie Goulet, is silent Volunteer staff Plays at the MTC Warehouse until Nov. 29 A scene from Scorched. for the most part, but when she speaks, peo- ple listen, for the silence becomes a strength f Jesus Christ were alive today, would his Theatre Centre, provides a synopsis of and determination out of which the pain of Scorched life be a reality TV show? What would it mmediately upon entering the MTC : “The story centres on twins – her mother and her country emerges. be called? What station would it be on? Warehouse, you are confronted with a Simon and Janine – who are summoned If not for the frequent presence of the no- IHow would the ratings look? Fear Not, a new steady stream of sand falling from the to the office of a notary to hear the last will tary, Alphonse (played by Paul Rainville), Iceiling onto the stage. This is not all you will and testament of their mother, Nawal. Each collection of poetry by local writer Maurice who provides comic relief, this play would Mierau, explores questions such as these. be confronted with during the performance is handed a sealed letter written by their be far too stark to be enjoyable. Fortunately, The book is inspired by the Gideon of Scorched, of one of the most disturbingly mother.” he is present and does a masterful job of re- Bible’s inclusion of an index of everyday dramatic plays ever to grace the stages of The synopsis goes on – but it won’t here. lieving the tension through his well-timed problems referenced to specific Bible verses. Winnipeg. It will be left to the reader to discover the insertions. The poems are fairly short and are aligned Lebanese-born playwright Wajdi nature of the instructions left by the mother, All have done a whirlwind performance. on the page with numbered stanzas – mir- Mouawad fled his country, torn by the as enunciated through the notary, and the At the end, the packed house erupted in a roring Bible verses – to enhance the book’s lengthy civil war which still has occasion to sequence of events that leads from the chil- standing ovation with the trace of a tear seen premise. erupt at times, with his family settling first in dren’s estrangement (“You can’t love a brick,” in many an eye. Mierau’s juxtaposition of biblical lan- Paris, then in Montreal. as Simon, played by Sirgio Di Zio, says) This is a must-see – one of the most mas- guage with banal aspects of modern-day His background pervades this play. from a mother who hasn’t spoken a word for terful plays you will see in Winnipeg in a life, such as reality TV, Internet pop-ups, Scorched opens with all of the characters five years to the shattering of that silence as long time. You must attend, if not for that shopping malls, suicide and international – some wearing burkas, some suits, some a result of the horror that awaits Simon and reason, then to discover, as one of the char- relations, is a fresh relevant backdrop for a street clothes – entering the stage one at a Janine at the end. acters says, whether “the world is being de- book of poetry in 2008. The strength of this time and standing there staring silently at Three different actresses – Janick Hébert, voured by the red wolf.” the audience. Once the audience has been Sarah Orenstein and Nicola Lipman – are book is the way it brilliantly integrates two sufficiently unsettled, the stage is plunged called upon to portray the different ages For ticket and show time information call the incredibly disparate worlds: that of ancient into darkness. of the mother, Nawal, required to unfold MTC box office at 942-6537 or visit www.mtc. religious texts and the things that are hap- Ovation, the publication of the Manitoba the historical action of the play. Each is mb.ca. pening in the day-to-day lives of the people in the present day. The poems you’d expect to see in Fear Not from reading a synopsis (or review), are An extremely bland affair the poems that do the most damage. These but they have, evidently, met with decent Terry poems allow the book’s ambience to sharpen

Wingfield’s Inferno critical success and garnered a small but loyal M Mierau’s already razor-like literary claws as anzo audience. he digs into many relevant truths and ab- fails to set critic’s The opening night crowd seemed to get surdities of modern life with the sting and what it came for, and I’m glad they enjoyed tenacity of a first-rate satirist. world ablaze themselves. As a critic, however, I must call Mierau did not conceive this project as things as I seem them, and so I must report necessarily an entire book of poetry. Thus, Kenton Smith that Wingfield’s Inferno was, for me, a blood- he may not have considered the postmodern Volunteer staff less and uninvolving experience. I am all for statements that these poems resonate when nurturing new Canadian plays, but note to in this format. Now there is certainly some- Wingfield’s Inferno Needles: I cringe at the stereotype of the thing phony about writing poems to fill a Boring Canuck, and I cringed a lot during preconceived book; however, there is also Directed by Douglas Beattie your play. something frustrating about a book of excel- Plays at Prairie Theatre Exchange until Nov. 30 Ontario farmer Walt Wingfield, portrayed Rod Beattie stars in Wingfield’s Inferno at Prairie lent poetry, with a brilliant, right-place-at- 2 out of 5 stars once again by the engaging Rod Beattie, finds Theatre Exchange. the-right-time template, that does not reach himself at the head of a local committee to its pinnacle because many of the poems lack f my review of Wingfield’s Inferno had rebuild the fire-devastated Orange Hall (the But it’s ultimately a shallow level of recogni- conformity to the book’s uniform pursuit. to be whittled down to a single word, it inferno of the title), and promptly faces both tion; the laughter comes from what the char- Satire is a construct that benefits greatly would be the one I muttered to my part- a lack of funds and a lack of cooperation on acters are, not what they do. In other words, from having a fixed aim, or a concrete item Iner at intermission: “Meh.” there’s very little drama at work. the part of the community. That’s pretty to attack – in this case, the Gideon Bible. This is the sixth chapter in the ongoing much all there is to the plot. Whether or not Here’s the thing. I am not saying that rural The poems in Fear Not that discuss personal Walt Wingfield saga by Ontario playwright they rebuild the thing…well, reader, finish Canadiana is inherently boring. A real artist issues and family history disjoint the flow of Dan Needles. I haven’t seen the other five, the review and decide if you care enough to – or an adept dramatist – can squeeze the the book’s quick-witted satirical drive. Don’t find out. real juice from any subject. The incompara- get me wrong, the poems that stray from the It should be noted, by the way, that ble Nobel Prize-winning playwright Harold book’s aura of postmodern parody are not Beattie portrays all the characters himself. Pinter was a master of distilling the comedy necessarily lesser poems, however they are As a one-man-band, Beattie is a command- (although more often the tragedy) from the not made more poignant from their place- ing performer, with his quiet yet booming mundane. There is undoubtedly a mine of ment in this book, the way their more sa- voice and gift at characterization; he’s able to rich comic material to be found in Needles’ tirical, topical and religious counterparts switch the various personalities on and off at subject matter, but he just doesn’t find it. do. This blurring of the satirical crosshairs will. It would be something to watch him at- Theatre Projects Manitoba’s production of holds this book back from its potential as a tack a script that really gave him something Stretching Hide last fall was also very region- piece of postmodern literature. However, it to chew on. ally specific in terms of its subject matter, but is plausible that Mierau is fine with this. Unfortunately, the problem with it wasn’t merely a “Canadian” play – it put its Regardless of these critiques though, Fear Wingfield’s Inferno is that it just isn’t very in- finger on deeper, more elementally human Not is an enjoyable work of black hilarity teresting. Yes, Needles’ fictional community themes. Wingfield’s Inferno, by contrast, is an that exposes many of the exquisite absur- is full of dead-on types: fussy, set-in-their- extremely bland affair that fails to transcend dities and teeth-gnashing truths of modern ways old farmers, grudge-nursing old bats its provincialism. Eh? life. and so on. Clearly the audience I saw the For ticket and show time information call the Mierau will read from Fear Not this play with was struck with the laughter of PTE box office at 942-5483 or visit www.pte. Saturday, Nov. 22 at 7:30 p.m. at St. recognition – it knows or has known exactly mb.ca. Margaret’s Anglican Church (160 Ethelbert the kinds of personalities portrayed on stage. Street). November 20, 2008 The Uniter contact: [email protected] Concert? Art show? Volunteer opportunity? Community event? Want to see your event in The Uniter? Arts & Culture E-mail your listing to [email protected]. The deadline for all listings is Wednesday. The Uniter is published every 16 LISTINGS Thursday, so send your listings 8 days prior to the issue you want your listing to appear in. It’s free. It’s easy.

works by Doug Smith. The exhibit runs until Nov. 22. [email protected] by Nov. 20. present a series of writing contests for poetry, short fiction and creative non-fiction. The Bliss Carman Poetry Award will CONCERTS VIDEO POOL MEDIA ARTS CENTRE Video Pool presents Christo- be judged by Marilyn Dumont, short fiction will be judged pher Flower’s Thinking Inside The Box exhibition at aceartinc, by Michael Winter and creative non-fiction will be judged VIRTUOSI CONCERT SERIES Passion, Colour & Drama with pia- 290 McDermot. There will be an opening reception on Nov. 14 LITERARY by Lawrence Hill. A total of $6,000 in prizes is available. The nist Alma Petchersky, Nov. 22 in Eckhardt-Grammate Hall in at 7 p.m. and the exhibition is open until Dec. 12. deadline for submissions is Nov. 30. For more information n the University of Winnipeg. Tickets are $29 for adults, $27 for AQUA BOOKS I Conversation with Ron Robinson featuring contact Prairie Fire Press, 423-100 Arthur Street, Winnipeg, seniors and $10 for students. The concert begins at 8 p.m. WAYNE ARTHUR GALLERY 186 Provencher. In Awe if Nature’s former Aqua Books writer in residence Anita Daher, Nov. 20 Manitoba R3B 1H3. Phone: (204) 943-9066, E-mail: prfire@mts. Legacy, paintings and quilts by Judith Panson. There will be at 7 p.m. net, or visit www.prairiefire.ca for guidelines. MR. SOMETHING SOMETHING Nov. 25 at Lo Pub. Tickets are an artist reception Nov. 2 from 1 to 4 p.m. and the exhibit will available at the door and the show starts at 10 p.m. be open until Nov. 26. PAT TERNOVETSKY Launch of the children’s picture book, Who Wants a Puppy? Nov. 20, 7 p.m. at McNally Robinson Polo DANIEL LAVOIE with Nadia Gaudet, Nov. 20 and 21 at Salle GRAFFITI GALLERY 109 Higgins. Wal-Art, featuring works from a Park. FILM Pauline-Boutal Hall in the Franco Manitoban Cultural Centre variety of local artists. The exhibit is on display until Dec. 10. (CCFM). Tickets are $30 and are available from the CCFM front MATT JACKSON Signing of I Learned Kung Fu from a Bear Cub TONY PALMER World-renowned musical documentary film- desk, 233-8972. The shows both start at 8 p.m. PLATFORM CENTRE FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC + DIGITAL ARTS 121-100 and A Beaver is Eating My Canoe, Nov. 23, 1 p.m. at McNally maker will be in Winnipeg on Nov. 20 to introduce All You Arthur. Deaths/Memorials/Births, newspaper obituary-based Robinson Polo Park. Need Is Love, which will be shown at 7 p.m. at Cinematheque. HERBALISER Nov. 20 at Academy Food Drinks Music. Tickets exhibit by Erika DeFreitas. This exhibit is open until Dec. 13. Tickets are $12, $11 for students and seniors or $10 for mem- are available at the door. GLENDA WALKER-HOBBS AND HARRY C. HOBBS Reading and URBAN SHAMAN GALLERY 203-290 McDermot. Revelations, an signing of two books, Rocks and Rumours, Flin Flon Stories bers of Cinematheque or WFG. QUEST FOR FIRE with Hot Live Guys and War Elephant, Nov. exhibition featuring new paintings by Canadian artist Ron No- and Poems and One With the Spirit Nov. 24, 7 p.m. at McNally VERMIS The Winnipeg Aboriginal Film Festival (WAFF) presents 20 at The Royal Albert. Tickets are available at the door and ganosh. The exhibit will be open until Nov 29. Afraid of What Robinson Polo Park. Vermis, the latest film from Metis directorA manda Smart and doors open at 9 p.m. I Could Become, multimedia installation by James Nicholas an official selection of the PaintingT he Town Red comedy se- which explores genocide within Aboriginal communities, CHRIS RUTKOWSKI Launch of A World of UFOs, Nov. 25, 7 p.m. at McNally Robinson Polo Park. ries. The film will be shownN ov. 22, 8:30 p.m. at the Winnipeg open until Dec. 19. Art Gallery. Following the screening will be the WAFF Awards MUSIC MARION CLEMENS Launch of The Childhood Lost in War, Nov. and an after party at Lo Pub. 26, 7 p.m. McNally Robinson Polo Park. POP, ROCK & INDIE COMMUNITY EVENTS POPCORN WITH YOUR POLITICS The CCPA film series continues JAMES CULLETON Launch of Contouring Quebec, a personal with A Little Bit of So Much Truth, a documentary by Jill Irene 1ACADEMY FOOD DRINKS MUSIC 437 Stradbrook. Nov. 20: The Fort Garry Women’s Resource Centre presents a four-part discovery of family roots and the author’s own French iden- Friedberg, Nov. 26, 7 p.m. at The Park Theatre. Tickets are $5 at Herbaliser; Nov. 21: Oh So Popular; Nov. 25: Open Mic with Dan Workshop Series for Wise Women who are experiencing legal tity through the art style of blind contour drawing, Nov. 20 8 the door. Frechette; Nov. 27: Broken Halo. p.m. at McNally Robinson Grant Park. issues and concerns. Workshops will support women with CINEMATHEQUE 100 Arthur. Nov. 21: Winnipeg Aboriginal Film basic legal information and resources. Workshops will be held THE CAVERN 112 Osborne. Nov. 20: Jam Night with Route 59; MARY NEUFELD Launch of A Prairie Pilgrim: Wilhelm H. Falk, Festival (WAFF): Hidden Histories (7 p.m.), WAFF: The Exiles (9 from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Outreach Centre 104-3100 Pembina, p.m.); Nov. 22: WAFF: Spirit of Stolen Sisters (1 p.m.), WAFF: Cul- Nov. 21: Matterhorn CD Party, Mr. Nemo; Nov. 22: The Freaky o the remarkable life of Wilhelm H. Falk, Nov. 24, 7 p.m. at Mc- buzz code is 1003. Space is limited. F r more information or tural Revival (2:30 p.m.), WAFF: Life, Death, and Everything In Circles; Nov. 23: A1 Records Reggae Showcase with Melloman; to pre-register, call 477-1123. Nally Robinson Grant Park. Nov.24: The Vinyl Drip with James Brown; Nov.25: New Soul Between (5 p.m.), WAFF: One of the 1% - The Sandy Ahenakew Night! with The Soul Patch Orchestra; Nov.26: It’s not Karaoke, FRED STENSON Presents The Great Karoo, Nov. 25 7 p.m. at Story (7 p.m.), James Bond Singalong – Shaken Not Stirred it’s Cavernaoke! (9 p.m.); Nov. 23: WAFF: Club Native (4 p.m.), WAFF: Before Tomorrow (6 p.m.); Nov. 26: Video Pool Fast Forward screening LO PUB 330 Kennedy. Nov. 25: Mr. Something Something (4 p.m.), Cuba: The Value of Utopia (6:30 p.m.); Nov. 27: Inde- pendent Film week: Bordertown Café (7 p.m.), Experimental NOIR WINE BAR & EATERY 470 River. Mondays: Jeff Barkman. £ The Uniter’s Top 5 events • Echoes (free admission) (9 p.m.). SHANNON’S IRISH PUB 175 Carlton. Nov. 22: b.u.m.p., Hospital. COUNTRY, FOLK & JAZZ by curran faris ON CAMPUS GORDIE’S COFFEE HOUSE 127 Coburg. Nov 20: Stewart McEwen  HERBALISER Thursday, Nov. 20 at Academy Food Drinks Music. Don’t miss this CHRISTMAS HAMPER Peer Support is organizing a food Trio. rare full-band performance from the UK’s retro-funk-meets-hip-hop overlords. Tickets are hamper for the Christmas Cheer Board. Please drop off your McNALLY ROBINSON POLO PARK Nov. 21: Amber Epp, Marco available at the door. non-perishable food items at the Peer Support office, ORM13. Castillo, 8 p.m.; Nov. 22: A Taste of New Orleans, 8 p.m.  QUEST FOR FIRE with Hot Live Guys and War Elephant, Thursday, Nov. 20 at The JACK SUBMISSIONS University of Winnipeg’s new Journal of McNALLY ROBINSON GRANT PARK Nov. 21 Deborah Romeyn, Royal Albert. Quest For Fire are guaranteed to have you seeing visions with their heavy the Arts through Combined Knowledge (JACK) is now accept- Dan Donahue, CD release, 8 p.m.; Nov. 22: Bob Watts, 8 p.m. ing submissions. JACK is an online undergraduate research psychedelic rock. Tickets are available at the door and doors open at 9 p.m. journal for students in the Faculty of Arts at The University THE REGAL BEAGLE 331 Smith. Thursdays: Shandra and Jason;  SAGA: THE JOURNEY OF ARNO RAFAEL MINKKINEN PHOTOGRAPHS 1970-2005 of Winnipeg. JACK is looking for submissions of scholarly Nov. 26 Marlboro Men. research essays and critical reviews. Revise and expand upon at the Winnipeg Art Gallery. Helsinki-born Minkkinen’s exhibit features his unique take on your course work and previously graded material. Attention TIMES CHANGE(d) HIGH & LONESOME CLUB Main & St. Mary. the human body and landscapes. Saga is open until Feb. 13. and dedication to professors’ suggestions and one’s own in- Nov 20: Adrien Sala, Grant Davidson; Nov. 21: Nathan, Mayor terest can lead to the clarity of expression that JACK requires. Matt Allen and the Little Buddies; Nov. 22: Romi Mayes, Gurf  MR. SOMETHING SOMETHING Tuesday, Nov. 25 at Lo Pub. Canadian afrobeat JACK’s submission deadline is Jan. 16, 2009. E-mail JACK your Morlix. activists roll into town to warm up your November nights. Tickets are available at the submissions at [email protected]. Visit JACK’s website for submission guidelines: http://jack.uwinnipeg.ca. DANCE & HIP HOP door and the show starts at 10 p.m.  POPCORN WITH YOUR POLITICS Wednesday, Nov. 26, 7 p.m. at The Park Theatre. FAIR TRADE SALE The University of Winnipeg chapter of World HIFI CLUB 108 Osborne. Nov. 20: Day Old Donuts with DJ Hun- University Services of Canada (WUSC) is holding a fair trade nicut and DJ Co-op; Nov. 21: Stir Fri Friday with DJ Hectic and This politically-oriented documentary series continues with Jill Irene Friedberg’s sale on Nov. 21. The sale will feature a variety of fair trade Ablaze; Nov. 22: DJ Klever, Drop the Line, The Hosers. A Little Bit of So Much Truth, which examines the tens of thousands of Mexican items from Ten Thousand Villages. OZZY’S 160 Osborne. Wednesdays: Soho Trash DJs: Punk, Glam, students, farmers and workers who seized control of television, radio and newspaper New Wave, Power Pop; Thursdays: Readymix Dance Party: outlets. Tickets are $5 at the door. Indie-Dance, Electro, Brit-Pop, New Wave, Mash-Ups, ‘80s, ‘90s, VOLUNTEER and more; Saturdays: Modernized. OPPORTUNITIES PUNK & METAL FORT GARRY WOMEN’S RESOURCE CENTRE The Fort Garry THE ROYAL ALBERT 91 Albert. Nov. 20: Quest for Fire, Hot Live Women’s Resource Centre (FGWRC) is looking for volunteers Guys, War Elephant. to sit on the Board of Directors and to work as Community THE ZOO 160 Osborne. Nov. 20: Jarhead, Sonic Death Money, Volunteers. For more information, contact [email protected]. FILM TRAINING EXPO Film Training Manitoba is holding a McNally Robinson Grant Park. Split Lip Grin; Nov. 21: Coda CD release; Nov. 22: Seventh Sin. series of workshops focusing on RED camera technology. The JOHN EINARSON Launch of Hot Burritos: The True Story of the REGIONAL HEALTH AUTHORITY The Winnipeg Regional Health workshops will be held from Nov. 25 to 30 at Trinity Studios, Flying Burrito Brothers, Nov. 25, 8 p.m. at McNally Robinson Authority requires volunteers to assist recreation depart- 1111 Chevrier. For more information contact Dawn Bourbonnais Grant Park. ment staff with escorting elderly clients to various programs THEATRE & DANCE at [email protected]. as well as other related duties. For more information contact THNKING OUT LOUD Discussion series presented by the Insti- Susie at 787-7247 or [email protected]. TRLABS TECHNOLOGY SHOWCASE The grad students at TRLabs SAMARCANDE Winnipeg’s Contemporary Dancers (WCD) tute of Humanities, University of Winnipeg and moderated by Winnipeg are holding a showcase to display their current TREASURER NEEDED The Manitoba Crafts Museum and Library present Samarcande, the new work from award winning CBC Radio’s Terry MacLeod, Nov. 26, 7:30 at McNally Robinson research projects Nov. 26, from 9 a.m. to 2:40 p.m. at 135 needs a Treasurer/Board Member and a bookkeeper. For more choreographer Serge Bennathan from Nov. 20 to 22 at the Ra- Grant Park. For this event, In Defense of Food by Michael Pol- Innovation Drive (SmarPark on University of Manitoba Fort information, please call Nadrea at 487-6117 or e-mail mcml@ chael Brown Theatre. All performance times are at 8 p.m. and lan will be discussed. Garry Campus). Admission is free, but please RSVP to admin@ mts.net. tickets are $22 for adults, $18 for seniors and $15 for students. win.trlabs.ca if you would like to be served lunch. For more Tickets are available from Ticketmaster or the WCD. BORDER CROSSINGS Magazine presents The Winnipeg Al- information visit www.win.trlabs.ca/openhouse/. phabestiary, edited by Meeka Walsh, Nov. 26, 8 p.m. at McNally BOARD OF DIRECTORS The Manitoba Association for Rights and Liberties is looking for volunteer members of their Board MEDEA the Manitoba Theatre Centre presents Medea, freely Robinson Grant Park. CRAFT SALE The Manitoba Crafts Museum and Library is hold- of Directors to be responsible for managing the affairs of the adapted by Robinson Jeffers from the play Euripides. Medea ing a Christmas ornament sale Nov. 22 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. organization. For more information, contact Valerie at 947- will play from Nov. 20 until Dec. 13 at the John Hirsch Theatre WRITING CONTESTS Prairie Fire Press and McNally Robinson at the Manitoba Crafts Museum and Library, 1B-183 Kennedy. 0213 or [email protected]. at the MTC Mainstage. Tickets range from $21 to $61 and Admission is free and refreshments will be served.

students with a valid high school ID receive 50 per cent off. S imon Farla imon Tickets are available from the MTC box office, 942-6537, 1-877- AT RISK YOUTH The Fort Garry Women’s Resource Centre pres- 446-4600 and www.mtc.mc.ca. ents Parenting High Risk Youth, an information session for female caregivers of youth who are involved in gangs, crime SCORCHED By Wajdi Mouwad opened at the MTC Warehouse and/or drug-related activities, Nov. 20 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Nov. 13 and runs until Nov. 29. Tickets range from $12 to $38 1150-A Waverley. Participants must pre-register to this women and there is a student discount available. For tickets, call the -only event by calling 477-1123. MTC box office at 942-6537 or visit www.mtc.mb.ca. OPEN MIC The Sounding Board open mic night invites acoustic musicians, songwriters, spoken word artists and comedians GALLERIES to step up to the microphone at the Lounge of Charlie-O and Friends at 8 p.m. To sign up, contact biz@sweetspotproduc- PIANO NOBLE GALLERY 555 Main. Land: Perspectives of a tions.com. Ground Squirrel, recent paintings by Winnipeg artist Kelly CARIBOU: OUR SHARED NORTH The Manitoba chapter of the Ruth. The exhibit is open until Dec. 13. Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society is hosting an evening GALLERY 1C03 University of Winnipeg. Interval, new works by to raise awareness about Caribou in Manitoba and how their Berlin-based artist Rodney LaTourelle. Interval is open until survival is directly related to humanity’s well-being. The event Dec. 6. will be held Nov. 20, 7:30 p.m. at the Winnipeg Art Gallery and will feature presentations from Justina Ray, Ron Thiessen and WINNIPEG ART GALLERY 300 Memorial. Sheila Spence: Pictures James Keelaghan. Tickets are $15 and are available from MEC, of Me, exhibition of Winnipeg artist Sheila Spence’s explora- Organza and Prairie Sky Books. For more information call 949- tion of portraiture, open until Feb. 15. Spence will be present 0782 or visit www.cpawsmb.ca. for an artist talk Feb. 7 at 7 p.m. Also continuing is Saga: The Journey of Arno Rafael Minkkinen, Photographs 1970-2005, IT’S ALL ABOUT THE KIDS The Children’s Health and Environ- open until Feb.13. The artist will be at the WAG Jan. 15 for an ment Partnership is holding an open house celebration on artist talk and book signing. Nov. 27 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at The Children’s Museum. The event will feature slam poetry, guest speakers, food, face KEN SEGAL GALLERY 4-433 River. Moments of Reverie, new painting and crafts. Participants must RSVP to 480-1505 or Mr. Something Something are at Lo Pub Tuesday, Nov. 25. Listings Co-o r d i na t o r : Cu r r an Fa r i s Concert? Art show? Volunteer opportunity? Community event? Want to see your event in The Uniter? contact: [email protected] The Uniter November 20, 2008 E-m a i l : Listings@u n i t e r .c a E-mail your listing to [email protected]. The deadline for all listings is Wednesday. The Uniter is published every Ph o n e : 786-9497 Thursday, so send your listings 8 days prior to the issue you want your listing to appear in. It’s free. It’s easy. Fa x : 783-7080 LISTINGS 17

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Trudeau Foundation Doctoral mentoring from leading industry experts at EDC, worth through part-time campus employment to students Several weeks before classes began, Manitoba Student Grace Thomson Memorial Bursary Established in 1960, the Commonwealth Scholarship Scholarships approximately $10,000. Work terms will be available for Plan, was designed by Commonwealth governments to who are recipients of aid through the Manitoba Student Aid printed loan documents for students whose MSAP This bursary will be awarded to an aboriginal woman Up to 15 Trudeau Scholarships are awarded each year summer 2009. Financial Assistance Program (Canada Student Loan and documentation and university course registration were who is registered currently in any year of the B. Ed. enable students of high intellectual promise to pursue studies in Commonwealth countries other than their to support doctoral candidates pursuing research of To be eligible, you must be: A Canadian Citizen or Manitoba Student Loan) or through another province’s in order, and have sent the documents to the addresses Program at the Winnipeg Education Centre. Value: compelling present-day concern, touching upon one Permanent Resident of Canada; currently enrolled in student aid program. This employment income can be provided by students on their MSAP applications. The $800.00 own, so that on their return they could make a distinc- tive contribution in their own countries while fostering or more of the four themes of the Foundation. Each full-time studies at a Canadian university, in second, used to supplement your student loan and to reduce loan document you receive will have been electronically Applications are available at the Winnipeg Education mutual understanding within the Commonwealth. scholarship is valued at $40,000 per year for three third or fourth year of an undergraduate program; your debt load, as follows: you may obtain $50.00 approved by the University of Winnipeg Awards & Centre from Kirk Dowson, or online at the University of years, plus an additional $20,000 annually to support enrolled in studies in international business, economics, per week ($50.00 X 33 weeks = $1650.00) in part-time Financial Aid Office. It will indicate the fees you owe Winnipeg Awards website. The Commonwealth countries listed below offer research-related travel. or combined business with sustainable management earnings, without your Canada Student Loan assistance to the University of Winnipeg which are to be deducted scholarships to Canadian citizens and in certain cases being affected. Eighty percent of any income you Deadline : Dec. 12 Trudeau Scholars are selected through a process that or environmental studies; returning to full-time from the loan. to permanent residents of Canada for graduate studies obtain above $1650.00 will be deducted from your loan involves nomination by a university, an application undergraduate studies in the 2009-2010 academic year If the document is a Canada Student Loan document, (Masters or Ph.D.) or, in some countries, for research assistance in order to reduce your debt. (If you have Internal Awards supported by references and transcripts, internal and and have an excellent academic record. you may then take it to an approved Canada Post toward a Canadian graduate degree. borrowed from a student line-of-credit program directly external review and selection panels, an interview and Applications are at http://www.edc.ca/english/ outlet for forwarding to the National Student Loan University of Winnipeg International through a bank, you also may apply for the Work Study New Zealand - http://www.scholarships.gc.ca/csp/ the formal approval of the Board of Directors. student_scholarships.htm?cid=red1524 and must Centre. If the document is a Manitoba Student Loan Student Bursary CWCadNZL-en.html Deadline: Dec. 15, 2008 Program). Students can find more information about this award at be submitted online and received by Jan. 26, 2009 document, you can then forward it to the MSAP Loan International students who are attending the University United Kingdom - http://www.scholarships.gc.ca/csp/ (23:59:59 EST) . To be eligible for the Work Study Program, you must: Administration Department. You should be prepared to of Winnipeg and who have financial need may apply for www.trudeaufoundation.ca. UKUpdateMessage.pdf Deadline: Dec. 1, 2008 Provide supplementary documents by mail. All docu- be registered in a degree program at the University of present proof of identification in order to validate your bursary assistance. The value of the award is for up to Deadline: January 9, 2009 Winnipeg in the 2008/2009 academic year on a full-time loan documents. $2,500 per term up to a maximum of $5,000 over the More information and applications are at http://www. ments must be received by Jan. 26, 2009 (23:59:59 scholarships.gc.ca/csp/CWCAD1-en.html The Soroptimist Foundation of Canada: EST) . Faxes and e-mails are not accepted. basis as defined by the Manitoba Student Assistance Identification Requirements for your Canada Student May to March academic year. New international students Program (18 credit hour minimum); have completed will be given first priority for this bursary. Canadian Graduate Women Students All documents must be sent to: Maurice Lelièvre, Loan document have been updated. You will now need Ukrainian Resources and Development successfully 30 credit hours; be on Regular Status to present two forms of identification to validate The Soroptimist Foundation of Canada annually offers Canadian Bureau for International Education, 220 To be eligible, a student must: be an international Centre Scholarships at the University of Winnipeg; receive a government your identity: a valid photo identification (driver’s several $7,500 grants to female graduate students Laurier West, Suite 1550, Ottawa, Ontario, K1P 5Z9. student attending the University of Winnipeg on a student loan of at least $1000 for 2008/2009 as a license, health insurance card-with photo, passport, or Applications are now being accepted for the in Canada to assist them with completing university Student Authorization; have documented financial need; DataTel Scholars Foundation result of the financial need assessment done by the citizenship card) and your social insurance card or most following awards offered by the Ukrainian Resource studies that will in turn qualify them for careers that be registered on a full-time basis: minimum 60 per cent Manitoba Student Financial Assistance Program or Government of Canada official documents containing and Development Centre (URDC). 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cross town rivals the University of on TManitoba Bisons. After the Wesmen lost to the Bisons 90-78 in Nov. 13 game at the Investors Group Randie Gibson Centre at the U of M, the Wesmen came back Saturday, Nov. 15 to defeat them 73-64, Brad Pennington taking the men’s portion of the Duckworth Volunteer staff Challenge. It was their best performance to date this season. Height: 5’7” “I thought we played great. I mean we Position: Guard held [Manitoba] to 64 points,” said Wesmen Year: Fourth men’s head coach Dave Crook. When did you start playing bas- Crook also pointed out that the success ketball? “I started playing basketball was in large part thanks to the fact every in about Grade 6.” player on the bench made substantial con- Favorite food or meal? “Boo boo tributions to the win. bubble gum ice cream.” “So we got a great effort. I mean, every What’s your favorite color? “Green single guy who we had on the roster tonight and it doesn’t change every day like played, they all contributed and some guys Caity [Purvis-Collins’ does].” contributed in big ways and some guys con- What’s your most memorable tributed in little ways that some people don’t moment in basketball? “Probably always see, but you know it was a fantastic when I was in Grade 11 with my effort,” Crook said. high school team and we won cities Wesmen guard Mike James agrees that the and provincials. We went 35-0.” strong team philosophy that the squad took What’s your worst moment in bas- to the court against the Bisons paid off after ketball? “There’s probably a lot of coming off the difficult loss on Nov. 13. bad moments. I can’t pick just one.” “You know I think the other night they What do you like to do during scored 90 on us and we really needed to re- your spare time? “Hang out with duce their open shots and reduce their bas- family, hang out with friends.” kets and we did a good job of doing that,” Favourite TV show? “I like One Tree said Crook. Wesmen guard Catie Gooch fighting off Manitoba’s Kait Flett and Michelle Hynes. Hill, 90210, Brothers and Sisters.” The Wesmen were tied 34-34 with the Do you have a favorite movie? Bisons going into half time. Some good of- More Wesmen photos on back page. “Probably not a favorite one, there’s fense, lead by guard Nick Lother who topped too many good ones.” the Wesmen in scoring with 28 points, and _____ really creep(s) me out: tough defence shut down the Bison’s potent play well enough offensively and they Wesmen women, at one point, were down sucked it up. They played tough D and we by nine points, but thanks to guard Caitlin “Bugs.” offense on the night. Bison guard Nathan If you had a super power what didn’t shoot the ball well. We were 2-for-18 Gooch’s team-leading 23 points, the Wesmen Dixon was Manitoba’s top scorer with 21 would it be and why? [in three point shooting] in the second half. were able to erase that deficit and split the “That’s a points. tough question; I would probably University of Manitoba Bisons men’s Shoot 2-for-18 and you are not going to beat weekend series with the Bisons. Manitoba anybody,” said Suffield. guard Tessa Klassen was the Bison’s top have the power to fly, so I could go head coach Rick Suffield admitted that to places super quick and never be Winnipeg’s tenacious defence was a key to The Wesmen women, after losing against scorer with 23 points in the losing effort. the Bisons 66-58 on Nov. 13, came roaring late.” their win. For more on the Wesmen, go to http://www. back to defeat the Bison women 67-61. The “We played defensively to win. We didn’t uwinnipeg.ca/index/wesmen-ni.

The general plan is to keep running the after I’ve ran. After two weeks five kilometres until it gets easy and then Looking ahead, the next two weeks don’t doubling the distance. look as devastating as these two weeks have of training... We run three days a week with at least a been, simply because we’re continuing to do Michael Collins day for recovery in between every run. Those the exact same things we’ve been doing. This rest days are devoted to light strength train- distance should only get easier to run. The Volunteer staff ing, not to put on muscle mass, but to help increase to 10 K is looming, but I’ll cross that condition the body against the exhaustion it bridge when I come to it. will face. t’s been two grueling weeks. Think Mike will make his training goal? Send I would recommend this plan of action I’ve gone for five runs, each of which words of encouragement, helpful tips, or let to anyone training for distance runs. It’s was five kilometres long. My first run I him know his years of slacking have got the Ifinished in 25 minutes with a five minute not overly strenuous but forces you to exert better of him, at [email protected]. yourself just enough to prepare you for your break. For the next few sessions, we tried Photo by Clayton Winter. going faster and faster over the same dis- next run. tance, taking smaller breaks every time. It’s It’s been tough, the physical effects of now taking me 25 minutes with no breaks. this running have been incredible but I have more energy now and I generally feel better Sp o r t s & Fi t n e s s Ed i t o r : Jo Vi l l a v e r d e contact: [email protected] The Uniter November 20, 2008 E-m a i l : Sp o r t s @u n i t e r .c a Ph o n e : 786-9497 Sports & Fitness 19 Fa x : 783-7080 Living well COMPILED BY Jo villaverde and dave hollier in a Ziploc bag and throw them in the Sagan morrow freezer; a few hours later you have in- bowl and beat in the apple- volunteer staff stant ice cream. sauce, egg whites and vanilla. My favourite way to use up brown- Pour into the center of the dry ingredi- Talk about being on ing bananas is to make a loaf of healthy ents and stir until just combined. a slippery slope and delicious banana bread. This is an Start your day 5. Fold/stir the diced apple into the bat- If you enjoy hockey and fancy incredibly versatile recipe with ingredi- ter and when well-combined, pour into yourself a good skater, why not try a ents that you are likely to already have off right with a the prepared pan. real challenge. On Jan. 24, 2009, Red on hand. 6. Bake for about 45 minutes, or until Bull will host its ninth annual Crashed slice of homemade Ice competition in Quebec City. Ingredients a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Let cool in the pan The course is a race on ice and banana bread - 1 3/4 cup whole wheat flour for 5-10 minutes, then turn it out of the surrounded by hockey-style boards - 2 tsp baking powder pan onto a wire rack. Serves 12. and full-contact is allowed. ou are at the grocery store, chips - 1/2 tsp baking soda Those that think they have what it and cookies beckoning. But - 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon Nutrition Information takes get the chance to compete for a you’re strong willed and you - 1/2 tsp ground ginger 97 calories top prize of $5,000. headY straight for the fruit aisle and buy - 2-3 ripe bananas, mashed 0.4 g fat For info visit: http://www. a big bunch of bananas. - 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce 3.9 g protein redbullcrashedice.ca. A week later, you stumble into your - 1/2 cup Simply Egg Whites (or 4 egg 21 g carbohydrates (4.7g sugar) kitchen only to find that the bananas whites, or 2 eggs) 2.9 g fibre The NFL doing their part for the - 1 tsp vanilla you conveniently shoved aside to make US financial crisis... Sort of room for a big bar of chocolate are - 1 apple It is a good idea to use browning ba- The National Football League now looking rather sad, brown and nanas for this recipe because they taste announced Wed, Nov. 12 that due to inedible. Method less starchy, but you don’t have to wait the state of the economy, they will be Sound familiar? Sometimes our good 1. Peel, core, and chop/dice the apple around for your bananas to brown. cutting playoff ticket prices by 10 per intentions can go hopelessly awry when into small chunks. Set aside. Just put them right beside your apples cent for this year. we try to make the healthy choice. 2. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. as the chemical reaction causes the ba- This price cut is expected to But did you know that bananas are Line a loaf pan (about 8x4 inches) with nanas to ripen faster. demonstrate two firsts in the NFL. The one fruit that are almost better when parchment paper (or spray with non- price for a wild card game will be less they go brown? stick cooking spray). University of Winnipeg student Sagan money than for a divisional game and Browning bananas are great for 3. In a large mixing bowl, combine the Morrow writes a health and wellness the price for a Superbowl ticket will be mashing up into a bowl of oatmeal. flour, baking powder, baking soda, cin- blog. Check it out at http://livinghealthy- reduced. Mix in some cinnamon and you have a namon and ginger. Make a well in the intherealworld.blogspot.com. The average football fan still needs to tasty and nutritious breakfast. You can center. save a considerable amount of dough also peel browning bananas, put them 4. Mash the bananas in a medium-sized as tickets for this year’s Superbowl still range from $200 to $1,000 per seat.

Iranian breaking boundaries W = 2, L = 0, T = 1 Who says you have to play in a big elcome back to NFL Tom Asselin 27-28-0 = 52 name school in the U.S. to get noticed? Picks! This year we Marko Bilandzjia 35-20-0 = 70 Eighteen-year-old Arsalan Kazemi is Ware doing things Josh Boulding 41-14-0 = 82 going to be the firstI ranian to ever get slightly differently. You will Kevin Chaves 35-20-0 = 70 be treated to the insight NFL Scott Christiansen 39-16-0 = 78 a scholarship to play college ball in the of several analysts (from Mike Collins 35-20-0 = 70 United States. the amateur to the elite) Adam Peleshaty 34-21-0 = 68 According to SI.com, two colleges each week. Keep track of Brad Pennington 34-21-0 = 68 the players by watching Jo Villaverde 33-22-0 = 66 have already offered him scholarships the scores! Loser buys the PICKS and, after a camp being held in wings! Houston, more will be coming. CIN @ PIT are also playing at home. Miami will take this one by less than Kazemi, who’s favourite player is The cast: Josh says: Cincinnati is probably going to be colder than a touchdown. Tim Duncan, stands at 6’7” and has Tom Asselin Tom is the Philadelphia was last week. Also, the Bengals’ troubles may Marko says: MIA impressed scouts with his quickness, veteran. Crusty, grumpy... well, have almost leveled off from that neat tailspin but I don’t think Mike says: MIA incredible vertical and dunking ability. maybe just grumpy… He needs they can pull out of it this season. “Ocho Cinco” may be the star Josh says: NE to rely on his experience to wide receiver for the Bengals, but that’s kind of like being the Brad says: MIA fend off the newcomers. smartest moron. The Bengals come off the first NFL tie game Tom says: MIA Tennis great retires Marko Bilandzjia Marko in six years while the Steelers barely pull one out through the Jonas Bjorkman is saying bye to is one of the new guys. Will snow. The determining factor likely won’t be Ben Roethlisberger NYJ @ TEN Tennis forever. The Swede, who once playing or not, but rather partly sunny skies with a 30 per cent the rookie come through in his Brad says: The titans have been playing crazy good this season won three straight Wimbledon doubles chance of freezing rain. Steelers win by 10. predictions? and I’m sure that the odds makers will give the game to championships with teammate Todd Marko says: PIT Josh Boulding With only Tennessee, but I think differently. The titans are due for their Woodbridge, played his last match on mediocre NFL experience, does Mike says: PIT first lose this season and there is no team better than Brett he stand a chance against the Josh says: PIT Friday, Nov. 14. Favre and the New York Jets to hand it to them. Most would Bjorkman, who was once ranked veterans? Brad says: PIT disagree but just watch this game and maybe just maybe the Kevin Chaves As a hockey Tom says: PIT Jets will surprise the Titans and the rest of the football world. fourth in the world in singles, has fan sticking his nose into Marko says: TEN spent the last few years extending a America’s league, only time WAS @ SEA Mike says: TEN career that seemed to be long over. will tell if Kevin Chaves can Tom says: At this point of the season we know what these Josh says: TEN “I was trying to do everything make the plays on this season’s teams are made of. The Redskins are 6-4 in what is one of the Brad says: NYJ possible to stay alive [for] one other outcomes. NFL’s toughest divisions. Their running game is ranked fifth Tom says: NYJ day, or maybe two. But you can’t get Scott Christiansen in the league but the status of Clinton Portis is questionable everything,” Bjorkman told TSN.ca. Scott is an experienced this week, which may be trouble as the Redskins have trouble TB @ DET contributor to the section but converting third-and-longs. Seattle is arguably the worst of a Marko says: This is a given game. I choose Miami all the time Favre 4 Ever new to the Picks. weak bunch in the NFC West. Defensively they’re nothing to brag because I believe in my fellow dolphin brethren. However, the Mike Collins Mike about and their offence is a shell of its former self. At this point, Lions are playing as if they chipped all of their teeth and can’t When Brett Favre retires 20 years is another experienced all the Seahawks have to play for is jobs next season while the chew up rest of the competition. If anyone is willing to bet on from now, people will still have a contributor. Redskins, on the other hand, are still vying for a wildcard spot. Detroit to win, I commend you and I honestly hope that if you Favre to cheer for. Apparently, the Adam Peleshaty Another Redskins 23 Seahawks 10 put down a hefty wager, to definitely prepare for the worst.T he “gunslinger gene” runs in the family Marko says: WAS newcomer to the section, Adam storm is coming baby, and it’s lightning all over! as Favre’s nephew, Dylan, is starting to Mike says: WAS will try to take an underdog Marko says: TB make a name for himself. win. Josh says: WAS Mike says: TB Brad says: WAS According to ESPN.com, the junior Brad Pennington Brad Josh says: TB out of Bay St. Louis, Mississippi has knows basketball. Will that help Tom says: WAS Brad says: TB set a state record with 48 touchdown picking the pigskin winners? Tom says: TB Jo Villaverde Jo, NE @ MIA passes in a single season. the contender, was in the Mike says: Last time that I picked the New England Patriots Last Week’s Games: Fun fact: Brett Favre has been playing running last year. His football to beat the Miami Dolphins, I was in for a rude surprise. This in the NFL for longer than Dylan has year Miami is an above average team primarily due to QB Chad DET 22, CAR 31 experience may just land him HOU 27, IND 33 been alive. on top this season. Pennington remembering how to throw a football and Ronnie Brown’s success in the Wildcat formation. The Patriots have CHI 3, GB 37 been on an uncharacteristic slide, after losing to the Colts and DAL 14, WAS 10 then the Jets, because of the still injured league MVP Tom Brady. NYJ 34, NE 31 All things considered, I’d have to pick them since the Dolphins November 20, 2008 The Uniter contact: [email protected] 20 Sports & Fitness t re t re v v or or h h a a g g an an

Left: Wesmen forward Peter Lomuro going up for a jump shot over a Bison defender. Right: Wesmen post Alex Macgiver going hard to the hoop in Thursday night’s action against the Bison. See “Wesmen get sweet revenge in Duckworth challenge” on page 18.

On November 17, The University of Winnipeg officially opened a new bus-only loop road on campus between Spence and Young streets along with a new bus shelter for students and the community. An additional portion of Spence Street has also been converted to a pedestrian-only zone, enhancing the safety of students and area residents.

  The following routes will use the new The following routes will continue to use our UWinnipeg Bus Terminal: terminal on Balmoral between Portage and Ellice:

 50 Archibald  3 Downtown Spirit  53 40 All Seasons Express  (am end-of-route terminal)  54 St. Mary’s Express 55 St. Anne’s  41 Henderson Express  (am end-of-route terminal) 56   42 Plessis Express 57 Southdale Express  46 Transcona Express 59 South St. Anne’s Express  47 Transcona 68 Crescent 48 McMeans Express 49 Dugald

Traffic congestion on Young Street is also reduced as it becomes one-way northbound between Portage and Ellice.